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The Prosecutor’s Office Demands Liquidation of the Journalists' and Media Workers' Union. Here’s Why

Here is what we know about the lawsuit of the Moscow Prosecutor’s Office against the union and why they want it liquidated.

Russian courts of general jurisdiction

Introduction Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russian courts have been forced to adapt their work to new conditions and restrictions. At the same time, they themselves could participate in the formation of these conditions, organizing their own work in emergency circumstances, reviewing restrictions imposed by regional authorities, considering...

In touch with reality. How Andrei Pivovarov did politics, fought scammers and went to jail

OVD-Info tells the story of politician Andrei Pivovarov, who has been involved in the Russian protest movement for almost 20 years.

“No to the war in Ukraine!” and “GruZ (Cargo) 200”: how people are persecuted for anti-war stickers and flyers in Russia

The policemen started persecuting activists for anti-war agitation: fining them and even criminally prosecuting them.

Told on by their pupils and persecuted for signing petitions: the pressure teachers face due to their anti-war stance

School teachers and university professors were persecuted more frequently than before because of their anti-war statements.

First police harassed this anti-war activist. Then her own mother tried turning her in

Maria from Novosibirsk has been suspected of distributing posts containing the «Miru mir» (Peace to the World) inscription.

An informal ban. How people are getting fired for their anti-war stance and how they fight for their rights

We are telling how people defend their right to work and to their political stance.

“Horror and insanity”: apprehensions, seven days of arrest and three records for “bloody” dresses

Activists Lyudmila Annenkova and Natalia Perova took a photo in white dresses smeared with red blood-like paint in front of the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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