Texts, Reports and Analysis

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How Russia Persecutes Jehovah’s Witnesses

Rule 9.2 submission on the implementation of individual and general measures in the case of Ecodefence and others v. Russia

Withheld medicine, denied treatment, left to die: how Crimean political prisoners are stripped of their right to medical care

Violations of the right to medical care among political prisoners in Crimea are systemic and often have devastating consequences: people’s health deteriorates sharply, some are left with permanent disabilities, and in the worst cases, prisoners die.

Protests on March 29—what actually happened

“We went from space exploration to whitelists”

Data on politically motivated criminal persecutions in Russia

Every day, we monitor criminal cases that have been initiated for political reasons. On this page, we have compiled information about these cases, visualized them, and provided tools for working with additional data that is updated daily.You can read more about which cases we consider politically motivated and what data...

The Rosfinmonitoring List of Terrorists and Extremists

With each passing year, the Rosfinmonitoring list increasingly includes people added for political reasons, alongside those who have committed serious crimes posing a threat to public safety. As it becomes more difficult to interpret the nature of repression in Russia, the dynamics of changes in this register take on special...