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“Cutting off the air supply”: how the authorities are persecuting so-called ‘foreign agents’ in the face of war—an analysis of legislation
Introduction Data as of 18.01.2024 At the end of 2021, OVD-Info the first report on legislation against so-called ‘foreign agents’. Since then, there have been many changes to the laws and in the practice of their application. Including the fact that many laws have been combined — we are now...
Information on protests in memory of Alexei Navalny 16-19th February
The submission of information on first two days (16-17 February) of protests in memory of Alexei Navalny to Special Procedures was sent on 17.02.24. The on protests that took place on 18th and 19th February was submitted on 20.02.24. OVD-Info is an independent human rights project aimed at monitoring cases...
Navalny vigils crackdown
649 DETENTIONS In 52 cities — St. Petersburg, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Stavropol, Omsk, Astrakhan, Kazan, Ryazan, Khanty-Mansiysk, Ufa, Ramon, Tomsk, Voronezh, Domodedovo, Sochi, Taganrog, Chelyabinsk, Nizhnevartovsk, Samara, Krasnodar, Murmansk, Rostov-on-Don, Stary Oskol, Bryansk, Kursk, Surgut, Tyumen, Ulan-Ude, Vladikavkaz, Yoshkar-Ola, Orenburg, Revda, Tver, Yakutsk, Barabinsk, Barnaul, Belgorod, Vorkuta, Glazov,...
Russia on the Road to Freedom of Assembly: Challenges and Instruments for Change
Introduction This report was first published in 2021. In December 2023, at the request of the Reforum project, we updated the information: we described the problems associated with the war in Ukraine, updated the data, added factual circumstances and new tools for change. At the same time, the main points...
Submission on the implementation of individual and general measures in the case of Ecodefence and others v. Russia
Introduction This submission is prepared in accordance with Rule 9.2. of the Rules of the Committee of Ministers by the NGOs Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre, OVD-Info, SOVA Research Centre, Citizens’ Watch, Public Verdict Foundation (see Appendix 2). The submission addresses the implementation of individual and general measures in the...
Repressions Report. December 2023
Individuals sentenced for poetic readings, popular author and translator persecuted, a leftist activist released from custody — this chronicle by OVD-Info provides a quick summary of Russian political repressions in December.
Persecution of the anti-war movement report. January 2024
Twenty-three months ago, Russia launched a full-scale war against Ukraine. Immediately following the anti-war protests in the initial days of the invasion, an unprecedented wave of repression unfolded in Russia. OVD-Info continues to gather and analyse data on the persecution of anti-war expression in Russia and the annexed Republic of...