Chelyabinsk Oblast: political persecution, detentions, searches, trials. Human rights news | OVD-Info

20.09.2026

Chelyabinsk Oblast

In Chelyabinsk, a major city in the Urals, the press secretary of the Yabloko party headquarters was held at the police station for three hours.

20.09.2026

Chelyabinsk Oblast

Law enforcement officers in Chelyabinsk detained a member of the Yabloko party who wrote “Peace to the world” on the pavement.

20.09.2026

Chelyabinsk Oblast

In Chelyabinsk, a large industrial city in the Urals, the secretary of the Dawn party organisation has been detained.

26.05.2026

Irkutsk Oblast,

Chelyabinsk Oblast

Sentence for the mathematician, transfer from PKT to punitive isolation cell, and new measures for emigrants: News on political repression

08.05.2026

Chelyabinsk Oblast

A student from Buryatia convicted of treason has gone on hunger strike over mistreatment in prison.

20.04.2026

Chelyabinsk Oblast

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

15.04.2026

Chelyabinsk Oblast

A second supporter of Maoism was sentenced to 10 days in jail following a protest against the blocking of Telegram.

10.04.2026

Chelyabinsk Oblast

In Chelyabinsk, a supporter of Maoism was detained over a banner protesting the blocking of Telegram

01.04.2026

Chelyabinsk Oblast

A person convicted for setting fire to a military enlistment office has spoken out about violence in prison and poor detention conditions.

25.02.2026

Chelyabinsk Oblast

The folklorist from Khanty-Mansiysk, a city in Western Siberia, has had their prison sentence in the FBK donations case replaced with a suspended sentence.

20.01.2026

Chelyabinsk Oblast

A Russian citizen with Irish citizenship has been detained on charges of incitement to extremism and terrorism.

12.01.2026

Chelyabinsk Oblast

A Chelyabinsk environmental activist will go on trial for defamation over criticism of a judge

05.12.2025

Chelyabinsk Oblast

A Crimean Tatar sentenced to 12 years in prison has been found to have a brain tumour.

28.10.2025

Chelyabinsk Oblast

A man from Chelyabinsk accused of treason said that law enforcement officers beat him and filmed him without his trousers.

21.09.2025

Chelyabinsk Oblast

In Chelyabinsk, a major city in the Urals, unknown individuals assaulted an activist following the announcement of a picket outside the city hall.

19.09.2025

Chelyabinsk Oblast

In Chelyabinsk Region, a suspected supporter of 'Artpodgotovka' has been sent to a pre-trial detention centre.

08.09.2025

Chelyabinsk Oblast

A resident of the Urals has been fined over an ironic comment about the RDK.

05.09.2025

Chelyabinsk Oblast

A sentence of 5.5 years in a penal colony has been requested for Ogneslav Raikh from the Urals over a comment about the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK).

13.08.2025

Chelyabinsk Oblast

The prison term of a Jehovah’s Witness from Chelyabinsk, who had been sentenced to five and a half years in a penal colony, has been reduced.

08.08.2025

Sverdlovsk Oblast,

Chelyabinsk Oblast

A labourer from Chelyabinsk, an industrial city in the Urals, faces a request for a seven-year prison sentence over two comments on Telegram.