Moscow: political persecution, detentions, searches, trials. Human rights news - 4 | OVD-Info

26.09.2025

A criminal case was opened in absentia against film critic Anton Dolin for violating the law on “foreign agents.”

25.09.2025

The creator of the “Biology of War” course has been arrested in absentia on charges of spreading military “fake news.”

25.09.2025

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

The head of the Narva Museum was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison over a banner reading: “Putin is a war criminal.”

20.09.2025

The former dispatcher of Moscow’s state-funded “Zhilishchnik” organisation has had the charges against her in the “Artpodgotovka” case made more severe.

20.09.2025

Leonid Gozman’s politician was arrested in absentia in a case concerning the justification of terrorism

15.09.2025

The Investigative Committee has initiated a case on military “fakes” against an anti-war activist who has moved to Germany.

15.09.2025

Pussy Riot members have been sentenced in absentia to up to 13 years over an anti-war music video and performance.

11.09.2025

In Moscow, a young woman was detained during a solo protest because the authorities refused to open a case against law enforcement officers who had beaten her brother.

10.09.2025

Moscow activist Konstantin Kotov has been requested to be sentenced in absentia to seven years in prison.

06.09.2025

A man was detained at Patriarch’s Pond for paddleboarding in a swan costume.

06.09.2025

A former dispatcher of the Moscow State Budget Institution “Zhilishchnik” is being held in a pre-trial detention centre in connection with the “Artpodgotovka” case.

04.09.2025

The court sentenced journalist Karen Shainyan in absentia to five years in a penal colony over two donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

04.09.2025

A Moscow resident has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison in a case concerning the financing of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

30.08.2025

In Moscow, a driver has been sent to a pre-trial detention centre on charges of state treason. They reported torture and “revolving door arrests.”

29.08.2025

A resident of Balakhna has been sentenced to 18 years over anti-war posts and participation in the Freedom of Russia Legion.

26.08.2025

In Moscow, a blogger who wished death upon Russians has been arrested on charges of inciting hatred.

25.08.2025

A criminal case has been opened against a Moscow resident over a joke about how people in besieged Leningrad lived without bubble tea.

25.08.2025

The pro-Kremlin channel Mash has been fined over a post claiming that Roskomnadzor is interfering with the work of car dealers.

25.08.2025

Anna Mongait, a journalist from Dozhd TV, has been arrested in absentia in a case concerning “military fakes.”