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18.08.2025

13:02

Three first-year students at the Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry have been expelled after Orthodox activists reported a TikTok video showing them dancing near the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. This was reported by Groza, citing one of its readers.

On 2 June, the “Sorok Sorokov” movement drew attention to a TikTok post featuring three young women dancing in front of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in central Moscow. The video was apparently filmed at the end of May. Orthodox activists posted about it in their Telegram channel, which has 12,000 subscribers, and urged supporters to send appeals to the Investigative Committee requesting that the women be prosecuted under criminal law.

According to Groza, on 5 June, a Stroganov Academy lecturer wrote in a student chat...

22.07.2025

18:54

No fewer than 110 electronic books on feminism, LGBT, and sex education have been removed from the Yandex.Books service. Verstka drew attention to this.

The outlet examined which books are no longer available in themed collections previously made by users. On the “Feminism 101” shelf, created nine years ago, 12 out of 14 books have disappeared. Among them are Anna Shadrina’s “Not Married: Sex, Love and Family Outside Marriage,” as well as Susan Sontag’s “On Women.” The latter book was the reason a protocol was drawn up against the independent St Petersburg bookshop Podpisnye Izdaniya under the “LGBT propaganda” article (part 1 of article 6.21 of the Administrative Code).

Another collection on feminism and sex education has seen the removal of Mary Beard’s “Women & Power: A Manifesto,”...

11.07.2025

19:17

In Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, a concert by the punk band Chéterio was disrupted. Witnesses to the events told OVD-Info about the incident.

The concert was supposed to take place at the “New Bar” venue. Police arrived at the bar at 20:20 local time and herded people standing outside into the building. Some of the officers were dressed in black clothing, while others wore military uniforms and balaclavas. Among those who disrupted the concert were representatives of the “Russian Community.”

A police van is parked near the bar. According to preliminary information, several people were detained. One person who reported the events said that attendees were questioned about their attitude toward the war in Ukraine, LGBTQ issues, and certain banned organisations. The security forces also checked the guests’ social media profiles.

The band Chéterio is a project of performer Natasha Chéterio. In 2024, the singer released a music video for the song “Suspended Sentence.”

20:55 Police detained singer Natasha Chéterio, but soon released her. One of the witnesses reported this to OVD-Info.

Chéterio and four others were taken to Police Station No. 5. A few people, including some minors, remain at the station, waiting for their parents to arrive.

As reported by SOTAvision, one person was forcefully detained after arguing with officers. They were handcuffed. There are no police officers left inside the bar.

21:35 The young person who was forcefully detained and handcuffed has now been released. They themselves told OVD-Info about this.

07.07.2025

11:32

Altai Krai

A tribute concert to Noize MC in Barnaul, a major city in Siberia, had to be cancelled following pressure from pro-government activists. This was reported by “7×7,” citing organiser Oleg Grigoryev.

The event had been scheduled for 17 July. “The reason for the cancellation is quite simple: Z-activists woke up, and, as I understand it, it wasn’t any particular group but rather individual citizens. First, they left negative comments under the concert announcement post, then started sending private messages. One man was especially active and I believe he ‘helped’ in this situation, since we were made to understand ‘from above’ that it would be better to cancel the concert to avoid consequences,” Grigoryev explained. He added that previously, he had freely held tribute concerts in the city for anti-war performers such as Zemfira, Pornofilmy, and Nervy.

“7×7” also noted that activists from the Young Guard of United Russia may have contributed to the event’s cancellation. One of them, Elena Bessonova, wrote under a post about the cancellation: “We didn’t let it happen, together.”

In November 2022, Noize MC (real name Ivan Alekseyev) was declared a “foreign agent.” The musician left Russia after the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

30.06.2025

18:40

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea

A 46-year-old photographer from Yalta is facing charges over a collage featuring aerial gymnasts in a church. This was reported by the Crimean Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The man is accused under the article on violating legislation regarding freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, and religious associations (Part 2, Article 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offences). His photograph depicted aerial gymnasts performing routines in the fourteenth-century Armenian church Surb Yegia.

As reported by the Telegram channel “ChP Crimea,” at first the police thought the photoshoot was real: “The gymnasts performed tricks on aerial silks suspended from the dome of the ruined, but still visited, church. The Armenian community regarded what happened as desecration of the shrine. The photographer has already apologised and deleted the pictures. The police are dealing with participants in the photoshoot,” the publication stated. It was later discovered that the images of the gymnasts were superimposed onto the photo of the church with Photoshop. The photographer explained that they had no intention of offending the feelings of believers, and made the collage because they “liked the beauty and grandeur of the site.”

21.06.2025

20:54

Sverdlovsk Oblast

In Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, security forces carried out a raid at the Syndrom music bar. Eyewitnesses reported this to OVD-Info.

That evening, a punk party was taking place at Syndrom. Among those who burst into the event were both police officers and armed individuals in military uniform. Participants noticed the latter were wearing patches of the far-right “Russian Community.”

The security forces lined attendees up against the wall, checked their phones—including Telegram—looked at their documents, took photographs, and asked questions about where they studied or worked, and about military service.

16:57

Arkhangelsk Oblast

The Lida concert in Arkhangelsk has been cancelled. This was reported by local outlet 29.ru.

Nikolai Romadov, who performs under the stage name Lida, creates music in the pop-rave and synth-punk genres. His concert was due to take place at the M33 venue on the evening of 21 June. The day before, it was revealed that the event had been cancelled. The concert was then rescheduled to the “Ruki Vverkh” bar, but it was subsequently cancelled there as well.

Earlier, the regional children’s rights commissioner, Elena Molchanova, described Lida’s music on social media as “blatant propaganda of vulgarity and depravity.” She was outraged: “Why should such vulgar art be performed in the City of St Michael the Archangel? Let’s not be indifferent, let’s take an active civic stance and prevent the corruption of our children, who, due to their age, still do not understand much.”

18.06.2025

17:16

Primorsky Krai

The Rampa Theatre in Nakhodka (a major city in Primorsky Krai, Russian Far East) cancelled its anti-fascist musical “Cabaret” due to “reasons beyond its control.” As reported by journalist Anna Sharipova, the local authorities banned the performance. This was noted by “7×7.”

According to Sharipova, Rampa’s director Andrei Yurchenko had planned to hold one closed performance “for friends.” In the end, the actors were not able to perform, and Yurchenko announced that “they have been banned from staging the play on this stage.”

“It’s said that the deputy head [of Nakhodka, Natalya Agritskaya] attended the dress rehearsal. She saw a lot of people in Nazi uniforms, women in stockings, practically orgies. But that’s just hearsay. The idea is that she was scared someone from the audience would film it and then Nakhodka would make headlines across Russia, that the municipal Youth Centre is showing Nazis and debauchery,” Sharipova told “7×7.”

The journalist noted that Rampa is an amateur theatre without its own venue. The actors perform at the municipal Youth Centre, where they also receive their salaries.

A “7×7” source at the theatre confirmed that the musical was cancelled at the request of the Nakhodka administration. According to them, officials even banned the performance for friends, “hinting at consequences in a more damaging form.”

“We’d been working on the show for a year. Costume and set sketches had been created and approved, and the orchestra had learned all the parts for the musical. Then, two weeks before the premiere, officials from the administration came and banned ticket sales (even though sales had already started). <…> The officials just respond in vague terms, saying it’s ‘inappropriate,’ and that’s it,” the source said.

27.05.2025

14:03

Students at Saratov Cossack School No. 43 have been written up for holding a “ceremonial handover of the toilet” to younger children to the tune of criminal underworld songs. This was reported by the Saratov prosecutor’s office and local media outlets.

The “ceremonial handover of the toilet” took place on 20 May. “Along with the toilet, you get the criminal code of conduct,” one of the cadets can be heard saying in a video. After this, the students announced the rules: “No pissing, no shitting. […] Basically, you can’t do anything except smoke.”

The prosecutor’s office clarified that the cadets “shouted phrases promoting an organisation whose activities are banned.” The reference is likely to the “AUE” movement, which has been declared “extremist” in Russia.

“Protocols for administrative offences have been drawn up for participants who are of the age of legal responsibility and their legal guardians, and the review of these cases is being monitored,” the agency reports.

A statement from the local education department described the incident as “bordering on a violation of moral and ethical standards.” Meetings were held with the students and their parents. “The Council of Commanders and Mentors decided to strip the participants in the video of their Cossack ranks and titles. The deputy headteacher for student affairs, the duty administrator and the teacher on floor duty have each received a reprimand,” the statement said.

15.05.2025

15:00

Saratov Oblast

The Saratov teacher Vera Bashkova was dismissed from her school after being accused of “promoting Nazi symbols.” This was reported by the local outlet Vzglyad-Info, citing the teacher’s husband, Vladimir Bashkov. The publication was noted by ASTRA.

The teacher, from the settlement of Teplichny near Saratov in southern Russia, put on a play for Victory Day (9 May) at the school, based on Valentin Kataev’s novella “Son of the Regiment.” Pupils from the third and eighth grades helped stage it.

The play includes a scene where a Nazi interpreter interrogates the main character, the orphan boy Vanya Sontsev. A local official (whose name and position are not specified) took a photo of this scene.

Later, she forwarded the picture to Larisa Sorokina, the deputy head of the social department in the...

13.05.2025

22:26

Moscow

In Moscow, the owner of the shop ‘Vedmin put’ (Witch’s Way) has been fined under the public desecration of religious symbols (part 2 of Article 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offences). This was reported by the Telegram channel for Moscow’s courts of general jurisdiction.

“According to the administrative offence report, ‘Vedmin put’ sells products that offend the feelings of Orthodox Christian believers, namely candles in the form of distorted icons, with depictions of saints, upside-down eight-pointed crosses, and other similar goods,” says the statement.

The justice of the peace for Court District No. 374 of the Tagansky District fined self-employed business owner Anna Avdeeva 100,000 rubles (approximately US$1,100).

Previously, activists from the Orthodox movement ‘Sorok Sorokov’...

04.05.2025

14:47

Security forces disrupted concerts in bars in Yekaterinburg and St Petersburg. This was reported by the Telegram channels “78 | NEWS” and “SVET Yekaterinburg.”

In Syndrom bar in Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, several hardcore bands were performing. During the concert by the band “Poloz,” people in masks went on stage and demanded the organisers turn on the lights.

“People were asked to stand against the walls and told there would be an ID check. They checked everyone’s documents, tattoos, elbows, asked about their attitude towards left-wing radical movements, their views on the ‘special military operation,’ and went through messengers on their phones. After checking, people were taken outside and told to move away. Personally I didn’t stay and left, so I don’t know whether the concert went ahead or not,” one of the concert-goers told SVET Yekaterinburg.

It is not known whether anyone was detained at the concert. Eyewitnesses said a few people were put into police vehicles.

In addition, police in St Petersburg came to a closed rave at the underground club Kontrkult. Security forces checked attendees’ documents and searched for banned substances.

According to “78 | NEWS,” the party organisers were detained. Presumably, this was due to holding an unauthorised event.

16.04.2025

18:14

Udmurt Republic

Lolita’s concert in Izhevsk was cancelled following a denunciation by pro-war activists. RusNews reports this.

The performance was due to take place at the Aksion House of Culture. Around half the tickets had already been sold. The event announcement has disappeared from all ticketing platforms. The media were told by the House of Culture that the concert is cancelled.

The day before, pro-war activists from the 'Council of Fathers of Udmurtia', the 'Russian Community', and the 'Union of Donbas Volunteers' had demanded that the Izhevsk administration and the Aksion House of Culture ban Lolita from performing in the city.

In January, Lolita’s concerts were cancelled in Kemerovo and Novokuznetsk. Representatives of the venues said this was due to force majeure circumstances.