Repression, Detentions, and Prosecution in Russia

A regularly updated database of major political repression cases in Russia. Detentions, arrests, criminal and administrative prosecution, and cases involving activists, journalists, human rights defenders, and others. News, timelines, case updates, and background information.

Anti-war case

The Orenburg-based lawyer convicted under the military “fake news” law has spent more than two weeks in a punishment cell.

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The case of the “Mayakovsky Readings”

Nikolai Dayneko, a defendant in the “Mayakovsky case,” has been released from the penal colony.

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Chronicle of pressure on LGBTQ people

“Centre T” has been declared an extremist organisation

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Cases of involvement with Hizb ut-Tahrir

A new case has been opened against a Crimean Tatar with a brain tumour who has been seeking release for two years.

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Protests in support of Bashkir activist Fail Alsynov

The prison sentence of the person convicted in the “Baymak case” has been replaced with compulsory labour.

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The case of Alexander Shestun

The imprisoned politician Alexander Shestun has declared a dry hunger strike in the prison hospital.

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Protests against internet blockings: detentions and other forms of pressure

Ekaterina Wagner, who was detained at Bolotnaya Square, was not released from the detention centre when her arrest period ended, reports SOTAvision

The prosecution of Zarema Musaeva

Zarema Musaeva’s sentence in the penal settlement has been reduced by a month

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Internet censorship and content blocking by Russian regulators

In Novosibirsk, a major city in Siberia, 16 people were detained at a rally in support of Telegram.

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The fourth anniversary of the start of the war: detentions and other forms of pressure

Earlier today, another young woman was detained at the Lesya Ukrainka monument. An eyewitness told RusNews that during the arrest, she was knocked into a snowdrift