Saint Petersburg: political persecution, detentions, searches, trials. Human rights news | OVD-Info

20.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

In St Petersburg, an independent member was removed from Precinct Election Commission 115.

20.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

A St Petersburg court has suspended an election observer from their duties at the polling station.

20.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

In St Petersburg, a young woman has been detained on suspicion of setting police cars on fire.

20.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

In St Petersburg, election observers recorded the movement of seals on the ballot storage cabinet.

20.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

In St Petersburg, members of the electoral commission were taken to the police following a complaint from the district head.

20.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

In St Petersburg, a member of the precinct election commission threatened the team of the Yabloko party candidate.

19.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

In St Petersburg, a court has suspended a precinct election commission member from Yabloko from their duties.

19.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

At Polling Station No. 122 in St Petersburg, an observer was grabbed by the arm, prevented from filming, and threatened with having her phone taken away.

19.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

A member of precinct election commission No. 1209 from Yabloko will be taken to court after the first day of voting.

19.09.2026

Leningrad Oblast,

Saint Petersburg

Reports of discrepancies in turnout and other violations during the elections have emerged in St Petersburg and the Leningrad region.

19.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

In the Primorsky district of St Petersburg, an observer from Yabloko was detained.

18.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

A St Petersburg resident has been detained for 10 days over posts about a Communist Party project for election monitoring.

18.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

Rada Russkikh said that she was detained, beaten, and that attempts were made to arrest her for the entire duration of the elections.

17.07.2026

Saint Petersburg

Former pro-government blogger Ilya Remeslo has been detained in connection with a case on “military fakes.”

02.06.2026

Kaliningrad Oblast,

Saint Petersburg

Prison sentence over a money transfer to an ex-wife, release from remand detention, deportation for prayer overturned: Political persecution news

25.05.2026

Primorsky Krai,

Saint Petersburg,

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

New case against Astra’s founder, a picket outside the Kremlin, and suspended sentence for a believer: Political repression news

21.05.2026

Vladimir Oblast,

Saint Petersburg,

Sverdlovsk Oblast

Attack on a human rights defender, sentence for an artist, and arrest over leaflets: political pressure news

27.04.2026

Saint Petersburg

The “Russian LGBT Network” has been declared an extremist organisation

14.04.2026

Saint Petersburg

A criminal case has been opened over a photo of an Easter cake and a sex toy with the caption “Christ is risen!”

08.04.2026

Saint Petersburg

Those involved in the Vesna case have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from 6 to 12 years.