Kaliningrad Oblast: political persecution, detentions, searches, trials. Human rights news - 2 | OVD-Info

10.07.2025

Kaliningrad Oblast

A resident of Kaliningrad Oblast has been fined 300,000 roubles (approx. US$3,400) for donating to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

10.07.2025

Kaliningrad Oblast

The UN Special Rapporteur has demanded that Russia release lawyer Maria Boncler and drop the case against her.

09.07.2025

Kaliningrad Oblast

The case of the Kaliningrad lawyer who commented on a Ukrainian drone attack has been handed over to the court.

08.07.2025

Kaliningrad Oblast,

Republic of Karelia,

Mari El Republic,

Novgorod Oblast

Searches are being carried out across various regions of Russia at the homes of journalists, human rights defenders and activists.

07.07.2025

Kaliningrad Oblast

Lawyer Maria Bonzler has complained about the conditions of detention in the pre-trial detention centre.

02.07.2025

Kaliningrad Oblast

A legal expert from Kaliningrad, sentenced to two years, has been on hunger strike in the penal colony for 22 days.

21.06.2025

Kaliningrad Oblast

Lawyer Maria Boncler is facing pressure in the pre-trial detention centre.

16.06.2025

Kaliningrad Oblast

A legal expert from Kaliningrad, sentenced to two years, has spoken about being beaten and other forms of pressure.

04.06.2025

Kaliningrad Oblast

Kaliningrad journalist Mikhail Feldman has been released from a penal colony

Sick anti-war activist is being jailed for 7.5 years. His paralysed mother is 96 years old. The sentence may kill them both

Sick anti-war activist is being jailed for 7.5 years. His paralysed mother is 96 years old. The sentence may kill them both

The elderly activist from Kaliningrad region, who is taking care of his paralysed mother, was jailed for posts about conscripts in the war and the men killed on the Moskva battleship.