Texts, Reports and Analysis - 11

Baryshnikov’s Last Court Address

Final court speech of Igor Baryshnikov, a 64-year-old activist from Sovetsk, sentenced to seven and a half years in prison because of his anti-war Facebook posts.

Sick anti-war activist is being jailed for 7.5 years. His paralysed mother is 96 years old. The sentence may kill them both

The elderly activist from Kaliningrad region, who is taking care of his paralysed mother, was jailed for posts about conscripts in the war and the men killed on the Moskva battleship.

Wartime Repressions Report. June 2023

Sixteen months ago, the Kremlin launched an all-out war against Ukraine. At the same time, a new round of repression against people inside Russia began. OVD-Info continues to collect and analyse data on political and anti-war repression in Russia. You can support the project by following Restriction of the right...

The Russian Constitutional Court has rejected our challenge. Here is what is wrong with this

The Kremlin spent many resources trying to crush the Russian anti-war movement. We explain the workings of one of their key tools — the discreditation articles.

“I am sure this monstrous lawlessness won’t last long.” The story of a migrant rights defender sentenced to 14 years in prison

Human rights defender sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment for assisting migrants from Central Asia.

Repressions report: May 2023

Long-term detentions in the punishment cell (SHIZO), criminal prosecution of «Finist the Bright Falcon» play authors, searches of independent politicians, and cases related to torn down St. George ribbons — OVD-Info reports on the main news in May in our repressions report. The Anti-War Case