Moscow: political persecution, detentions, searches, trials. Human rights news - 7 | OVD-Info

21.07.2025

A criminal case has been opened against Anna Mongait, a presenter at the TV channel Dozhd (TV Rain), over alleged “military fakes.”

18.07.2025

Criminal cases have been opened against TV Rain journalists over “foreign agent” status and anti-war publications.

17.07.2025

The Investigative Committee has completed its investigation into the case of anti-war posters being displayed on Narva Castle in Estonia.

15.07.2025

A Ukrainian woman was sentenced to three years in prison for donating to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

15.07.2025

A father of five from Moscow has been sentenced to three years in a penal colony for donating 1,500 rubles (approx. US$16) to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

14.07.2025

Writer Boris Akunin has been sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison.

11.07.2025

An opponent of the “Car-Free Courtyard” project has been detained in Moscow.

11.07.2025

The sentences of HSE graduates have been reduced in the case concerning damage to the makeshift Wagner Group memorial.

10.07.2025

The Moscow City Court has overturned the sentence of a former deputy in the “fake news” case over a post about Bucha and Irpin.

09.07.2025

“Meduza” publisher Galina Timchenko has been arrested in absentia.

09.07.2025

A criminal case has been opened against the streamer who spat on the St George ribbon.

08.07.2025

The Investigative Committee has opened a case against the author of Verstka’s investigation into how sanctioned goods enter Russia.

07.07.2025

The former police officer accused of spreading military “fake news” over phone conversations has had the charges against him toughened.

04.07.2025

The co-chair of Golos, who was sentenced to five years, has been transferred to an unknown location.

04.07.2025

In Moscow, an activist was detained after staging a solo protest against construction on the Krylatsky Hills.

03.07.2025

A Moscow resident with a Ukrainian residence permit has been arrested on charges of confidential cooperation with foreigners

02.07.2025

A woman from Moscow was detained in the metro over an action held for Varlam Shalamov’s birthday.

01.07.2025

A native of Chechnya has been sentenced to three years in a penal colony over a shahada inscription on his car window.

01.07.2025

A criminal case has been submitted to court against the founder of the “Idite Lesom” project.

01.07.2025

A Moscow-based film director sentenced to eight years has complained about conditions in the pre-trial detention centre.