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Russia: What's Happening? Political Repression, Detentions, Pressure

10.02.2026
Russia
RBC: Roskomnadzor to begin slowing down Telegram from 10 February
27.01.2026
Russia
The State Duma has passed a bill in the first reading that allows the internet to be shut down at the request of the FSB.
18.12.2025
Russia,
Other
The State Duma has passed a draft law in its first reading to restrict the rights of people facing political persecution who have left Russia.
15.12.2025
Russia,
Moscow,
Other
Pussy Riot has been designated as an “extremist organisation”
08.12.2025
Russia,
Other
The Supreme Court has declared the “Congress of People’s Deputies” a “terrorist organisation.”
03.12.2025
Russia
Roblox has been blocked in Russia
26.11.2025
Russia
Stephen King’s novel “It” has been withdrawn from sale following complaints about the depiction of LGBT relationships.
22.10.2025
Russia,
Other
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia demands that the American legal entity of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) be recognised as a “terrorist organisation.”
25.09.2025
Russia
The State Duma has passed amendments that allow for faster initiation of criminal cases against “foreign agents.”
23.09.2025
Russia,
Other
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has declared a former FBK and Vesna movement activist wanted.
19.09.2025
Russia
Pro-Armenian blogger Samvel Karapetyan has been stripped of Russian citizenship acquired by birth.
19.09.2025
Russia
The media project Avtozak LIVE and four individuals have been designated as ‘foreign agents.’
18.09.2025
Russia
“Mir Vsem” has been declared an “undesirable organisation”
09.09.2025
Russia
A journalist from the “Agency” has been arrested in absentia on unknown criminal charges.
06.09.2025
Russia,
Other
Journalist Maksim Kuzakhmetov has been placed on a wanted list after receiving four fines under the “foreign agent” regulations.
05.09.2025
Russia,
Other
A journalist from the Dozhd TV channel, who has been charged with spreading military “fake news,” has been declared wanted by the authorities.
11.06.2025
Russia,
Other
Journalists Aleksandr Plyushchev, Galina Timchenko, and Sergey Kovalchenko have been declared wanted by the authorities.
11.06.2025
Russia,
Other
The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has declared the group of Mongolian activists #NOWAR an “undesirable organisation”
10.06.2025
Russia
The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation has refused to consider Alexei Gorinov’s complaint regarding the unconstitutionality of the article on “fake news.”
09.06.2025
Russia
The government has approved amendments that tighten criminal liability for 'foreign agents'.
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