Primorsky Krai: political persecution, detentions, searches, trials. Human rights news | OVD-Info

28.05.2026

Kamchatka Krai,

Kemerovo Oblast,

Krasnoyarsk Krai,

Primorsky Krai,

Sverdlovsk Oblast

Searches among Jehovah’s Witnesses, deportation for praying, and early release: Political oppression news

25.05.2026

Primorsky Krai,

Saint Petersburg,

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

New case against Astra’s founder, a picket outside the Kremlin, and suspended sentence for a believer: Political repression news

23.04.2026

The cassation court has kept the Primorye politician with skin cancer in prison, despite the positions of the Supreme Court and the Federal Penitentiary Service.

20.11.2025

Due to swearing during a conversation with his wife, a convicted member of parliament from Primorye (a region in Russia’s Far East) was sent to a punishment cell.

17.11.2025

Recruitment tent instead of Father Frost’s birthday: once again, authorities in Vladivostok, a major port city in Russia’s Far East, have refused to approve a protest rally

12.11.2025

Deputy head of the Primorsky Krai branch of Yabloko fined two million rubles (approx. US$22,000) over Victory Day greetings

17.07.2025

In Primorsky Krai, police held a preventive conversation with a seven-year-old boy who had climbed onto memorial plaques.

24.06.2025

The court has refused to release the former Primorye regional deputy who has been diagnosed with cancer.

20.06.2025

It has been decided to transfer shaman Aleksandr Gabyshev to a general psychiatric hospital.

09.06.2025

In Primorye, an independent journalist’s car tyres were slashed.

“As a man of faith, I cannot stay silent.” A story of an exiled activist

“As a man of faith, I cannot stay silent.” A story of an exiled activist

Aleksey Galimov left Russia when faced with persecution for his antiwar stance. This is his story.