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

08.12.2025

The convicted former head of the Serpukhov district attempted to take his own life due to the eviction of his 89-year-old mother.

02.12.2025

Violinist Asya Sorshneva has received a suspended sentence in the case concerning donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

28.11.2025

Activist Pavel Krisevich has been detained

24.11.2025

A former flight attendant of Ural Airlines has been sentenced to seven years in prison in a case concerning “fake news.”

10.11.2025

55-year-old Vladimir Osipov has been sentenced to 6.5 years in prison in a case concerning so-called “military fakes.”

10.11.2025

Defenders of Losiny Ostrov detained in Korolyov, a city near Moscow.

01.11.2025

A local resident was detained at the site of the road construction through Losiny Ostrov National Park.

01.11.2025

A case has been opened against economist Vladislav Inozemtsev for failing to fulfil the obligations of a “foreign agent.”

20.10.2025

One of the detained defenders of Losiny Ostrov was taken from the police station by ambulance.

26.09.2025

Order of Merit for the Fatherland recipient fined 300,000 roubles (approx. US$3,350) over FBK donations

20.09.2025

In the Moscow region, a man has been charged with inciting hatred over the words: “I slept with Bastrykin’s family.”

19.09.2025

In the Moscow region, musician Vladimir Bolobolov has been arrested on charges of possessing explosives.

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.