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Wartime repressions: four months of war

Publication date: July 5, 2022 All data provided in the article is relevant as of June 23, 2022 The war in Ukraine has been going on for four months. All this time the Russian state has been violently destroying the neighboring country as well as taking repressive actions against its...

How Russians are detained for anti-war statements and what does it mean for the legal system?

We describe how new administrative law article on the «discrediting» is being used.

“Knowingly false.” It has been three months since the law on “fakes” about the Russian army came into force. How and against whom is it used?

OVD-Info analysed how Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code works in practice.

Internet blocks as a tool of political censorship

Date of publication: June, 7, 2022 Текст на русском: Over the past ten years, blocking has become one of the largest tools for restricting access to information and freedom of expression. Although the first legislative changes expanding the possibilities of blocking and simplifying this procedure appeared back in 2012, there...

Enemies of the state. How the institution of “denunciations” returns to Russia

OVD-Info publishes text about how people began to be detained on denunciations for their anti-war position.

Called in for Questioning, Apartments Searched, and Demands to Unlock Smartphones: In Moscow, Police and FSB Check Ukrainian Citizens

The stories of two citizens of Ukraine about the checks they were subjected to in Moscow.

No to war

How the Russian authorities struggled with anti-war protests in the first two weeks of the war. The appendices contain data on detentions at anti-war rallies by city and a list of blocked media.