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Persecution of the anti-war movement report: October 2023
Twenty months ago, Russia launched a full-scale war against Ukraine. Immediately after the anti-war protests of the first days of the invasion, an unprecedented wave of repressions began within Russia. OVD-Info continues to collect and analyze data on persecution for anti-war stance in Russia and on the territory of the...
Repressions Report. September 2023
Chechen warlord’s son brutalises a prisoner on camera. New detentions for donating to Navalny and election interference — here’s the key political repression news for September.
Repressions Report. August 2023
Persecution of voters’ rights activists, beating of a person suspected of insulting religious feelings, sentencing of Alexei Navalny and Daniel Kholodny under the case of an extremist community — OVD-Info highlights the main news of August in our chronicle of political pressure. Persecution Due to an Anti-War Position In August,...
Database of detentions at public protests 2011-2021
About us The OVD-Info project began collecting data on detentions in its very first year of operation. We believe that the data we have collected will help understand the structure of civil rights violations within the system. This, in turn, will empower numerous experts, researchers, graduate students, and students to...
A Year of Mobilisation. Persecution due to protest against the war and mass conscription into the army
The mobilisation in 2022, which Russian authorities called ‘partial, ’ will be remembered by Russian residents for a long time. The head of the Ministry of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, ordered the conscription of 300,000 individuals into the military. This was immediately followed by raids and extensive roundups of people: men...
Repressions Report. July 2023
OVD-Info covers the main news for July in our chronicle of political repressions — exerting pressure on academics and teachers, freezing anti-war activists’ bank accounts, and opening new cases under the articles on calls for extremist and terrorist activities.
Wartime Repressions Report. August 2023
Eighteen months ago, Russia initiated a full-scale war against Ukraine. Immediately after the breakout of anti-war protests in the first days of the invasion, an unprecedented wave of repression began within Russia. OVD-Info continues to gather and analyze data about persecutions due to anti-war stances in Russia and in the...