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Sverdlovsk Oblast: What's Happening? Political Repression, Detentions, Pressure - 3

11.09.2025
Sverdlovsk Oblast
A resident of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug sentenced to 12 years has gone on hunger strike in a pre-trial detention centre.
09.09.2025
Sverdlovsk Oblast
An engineer from Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, has been fined 300,000 rubles (US$3,300) for making donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).
07.09.2025
Sverdlovsk Oblast
In Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, a solo protester was detained while holding a sign in support of Darya Kozyreva.
05.09.2025
Sverdlovsk Oblast
A resident of Yamalo was sentenced to 12 years in prison over a video about the war in Ukraine
04.09.2025
Sverdlovsk Oblast
A resident of Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, has been placed in a pre-trial detention centre in a case related to supporting the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK).
03.09.2025
Sverdlovsk Oblast
A resident of Sverdlovsk Oblast has been convicted in a case concerning the financing of the Ukrainian church “Vozrozhdenie” (“Revival”).
03.09.2025
Sverdlovsk Oblast
In Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, the creator of the YouTube channel “Prekrasnaya Rossiya” has been released under a travel ban.
02.09.2025
Sverdlovsk Oblast
A criminal case on “foreign agent” charges has been initiated against a journalist from Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals.
02.09.2025
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Father of Leonid Volkov put on trial over FBK donations
19.08.2025
Sverdlovsk Oblast
An elderly man from Sverdlovsk Oblast has been given a suspended sentence for posting comments criticising Stalin.
18.08.2025
Sverdlovsk Oblast
The organiser of BDSM parties in Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, has been sentenced to 200 hours of community service.
15.08.2025
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Community service has been requested for the organiser of BDSM parties in Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals.
14.08.2025
Sverdlovsk Oblast
A military court is hearing the case of a man from the Urals over his words: “We need to burn Moscow along with the country’s leadership.”
12.08.2025
Sverdlovsk Oblast
A labourer from Chelyabinsk has been sentenced to six years in prison over two comments made on Telegram.
08.08.2025
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Sverdlovsk Oblast
A businessman from Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, has been put on a wanted list over donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).
08.08.2025
Sverdlovsk Oblast,
Chelyabinsk Oblast
A labourer from Chelyabinsk, an industrial city in the Urals, faces a request for a seven-year prison sentence over two comments on Telegram.
05.08.2025
Sverdlovsk Oblast
A resident of a village in Sverdlovsk Region is to be tried on charges of rehabilitating Nazism
04.08.2025
Sverdlovsk Oblast
An elderly man from Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, was fined half a million rubles (approximately US$5,600) for donating to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).
01.08.2025
Sverdlovsk Oblast
An elderly man from Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, is facing a demand for a 12 million rouble (US$135,000) fine over donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).
28.07.2025
Sverdlovsk Oblast,
Chelyabinsk Oblast
A resident of Chelyabinsk, a major city in the Urals, is on trial for charges of state treason, justifying terrorism, and inciting extremism.
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