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

18.09.2025

Dog handler, prosecuted over a post about the strike on Kramatorsk, has again been sentenced to five years in prison

16.09.2025

The Moscow Regional Court has overturned fines imposed on two women activists defending Losiny Ostrov who tried to prevent the construction of a road.

03.09.2025

Pastor sentenced to four years in prison for a pacifist sermon during the early days of mobilisation

30.08.2025

The nurse who wrote “GUR” on the Zhukov monument in Moscow has been released from punishment

26.08.2025

Activist Pavel Krisevich has been sentenced to 10 days’ arrest for refusing to show his passport to the police.

25.08.2025

In the Moscow region, action artist Pavel Krisevich has been detained.

23.08.2025

In the Moscow region, blogger and misogynist Arsen Markaryan has been detained on charges of rehabilitating Nazism.

18.08.2025

Nearly five years in prison have been requested for a pastor over a pacifist sermon delivered during the early days of mobilisation.

06.08.2025

A resident of Lyubertsy is on trial for alleged 'military fakes' over posts about Putin on Odnoklassniki.

06.08.2025

Boris Nadezhdin was unable to appeal against the anti-coronavirus restrictions on rallies

31.07.2025

In Mytishchi, a city near Moscow, security forces detained activists who blocked machinery from entering Losiny Ostrov National Park.

26.07.2025

In the Moscow region, law enforcement officers have detained a member of the initiative group for the protection of the Bulon Forest.

25.07.2025

A woman from the Moscow region has been sentenced to one and a half years in an open prison over charges of discrediting the army.

18.07.2025

The defenders of Losiny Ostrov have been denied permission to hold a picket in Mytishchi, a town near Moscow.

15.07.2025

In the Moscow region, opponents of construction in the Tomilino Forest who were blocking the passage of machinery have been detained.

05.07.2025

A protocol was drawn up against an activist from Khimki under the “rally” article because of messages in a residents’ group chat.

02.07.2025

A woman from the Moscow region will be tried in a case of repeated discrediting of the army

30.06.2025

A teacher from the Moscow region has been sentenced in absentia to seven years in a penal colony for discussing the war with schoolchildren.

24.06.2025

New suspects have emerged in the case against the Telegram channel “Natsdem.” The case has been submitted to court for review.

23.06.2025

The court of appeal upheld the sentence for dissident Alexander Skobov: 16 years in a penal colony