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Other: What's Happening? Political Repression, Detentions, Pressure - 2

15.12.2025
Russia,
Moscow,
Other
Pussy Riot has been designated as an “extremist organisation”
11.12.2025
Other,
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
A publicist and sociologist from Nizhny Novgorod, a large city on the Volga River, has been charged under three criminal articles.
08.12.2025
Russia,
Other
The Supreme Court has declared the “Congress of People’s Deputies” a “terrorist organisation.”
27.11.2025
Other
The American legal entity FBK has been recognised as a “terrorist organisation.”
24.11.2025
Other
The musicians of “Stoptime” have left Russia
01.11.2025
Other,
Moscow Oblast
A case has been opened against economist Vladislav Inozemtsev for failing to fulfil the obligations of a “foreign agent.”
24.10.2025
Other,
Saint Petersburg
A new case has been opened against the head of the Free Buryatia Foundation, who was previously convicted under the law on military “fakes.”
22.10.2025
Russia,
Other
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia demands that the American legal entity of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) be recognised as a “terrorist organisation.”
10.10.2025
Other
Mobilised serviceman who escaped from a military unit twice is unable to obtain asylum in Kazakhstan
26.09.2025
Moscow,
Other
A criminal case was opened in absentia against film critic Anton Dolin for violating the law on “foreign agents.”
26.09.2025
Russia,
Other
A lawyer, a media manager, several journalists, and a literary award have been added to the register of 'foreign agents'.
25.09.2025
Other
The new director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) has been added to the register of ‘extremists and terrorists’
25.09.2025
Moscow,
Other
The creator of the “Biology of War” course has been arrested in absentia on charges of spreading military “fake news.”
25.09.2025
Moscow,
Other
Moscow activist Konstantin Kotov has been sentenced in absentia to five years in prison for donating to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).
25.09.2025
Moscow,
Other
The head of the Narva Museum was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison over a banner reading: “Putin is a war criminal.”
25.09.2025
Other,
Perm Krai
Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchina was transferred to a remand centre in Perm Krai, a region in the Urals, shortly before her death.
24.09.2025
Other,
Kurgan Oblast
A resident of Tyumen, a major city in western Siberia, is being prosecuted under three criminal articles for comments and posts on social media.
23.09.2025
Russia,
Other
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has declared a former FBK and Vesna movement activist wanted.
23.09.2025
Other,
Krasnodar Krai
An analyst who reported a record ballot stuffing at the presidential election has been accused of slander
23.09.2025
Other
Baza: a new criminal case has been opened against the creator of “Masyanya”
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