Repressions

A legal assistant from Moscow was sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to join the RDK*

He was detained at the airport, a conversation was found on his phone, but the defense claims that the phone was planted, as was the Ukrainian flag later

In Perm, a street vocalist was detained who performed in support of the St. Petersburg group «Stoptime»

She was charged with organizing a public event, prompted by a police officer's statement that he «missed the bus because of the concert»

 

In St. Petersburg, two young people were detained due to donations to FBK*

A special forces unit arrived for the detention, and after expressing remorse and criticizing FBK on camera, they were released under a travel restriction

A resident of the Nizhny Novgorod region was sentenced to 12 years in prison under the article on 'terrorism' for setting fire to relay cabinets

The amount of damage amounted to 100 thousand rubles

 

The Supreme Court of Chechnya declared the opposition movement NIYSO 'extremist' for calls for 'hostility and destabilization of the socio-political situation'

The movement itself stated that they consider the Russian authorities terrorists and occupiers

FSB detained a resident of Komi on a train to Belgorod, accusing him of attempting to leave Russia to participate in the war on the side of Ukraine

He was charged with "treason" and "participation in terrorist activities", the detainee faces life imprisonment

A court in annexed Sevastopol sentenced a 39-year-old local resident to 13 years and 3 months in a penal colony under articles of treason and vandalism

A year ago, she was already sentenced under milder articles, the prosecution and defense filed an appeal, the court returned the case to the investigation, and the articles were toughened

The drummer of the band «Stop Time» Vladislav Leontyev was re-arrested for 12 days for a street concert in St. Petersburg

The court found him guilty of organizing a mass event, despite the fact that during the time specified in the protocol, he was not on the street

In St. Petersburg at the Levashov Memorial Cemetery, a man with a yellow-blue badge was detained during the reading of the names of the repressed

A protocol was drawn up against him for "discrediting" the army 

The court rejected the appeals of the musicians of the group «Stoptime» on the first arrests

The «vigilant citizen» who reported the «crime» to the police was never summoned to court, and inconsistencies in the protocols were not examined

Former Perm deputy sent to detention center on charges of inciting terrorism due to posts in a Telegram channel

Since the beginning of the war, he has been fined 750 thousand rubles for criticizing the authorities

In Russia, a soldier was accused of military 'fakes' for 'defeatist talks'

Initially, he was sentenced to 5.5 years in a penal colony, but then it was replaced with a fine, and he was sent to fight in Ukraine again

«Memory is stronger than any state efforts»

In Moscow, flowers were laid at the Solovetsky Stone and names were read at three «Last Address» houses, in 120 cities worldwide, names of the repressed were restored

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Avito's Chief Analyst Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison on Charges of Treason

After the start of the war, he went to Armenia but returned to Russia, was arrested in November last year, initially on a charge of petty hooliganism, and then on a criminal case  

Singer Naoko was re-arrested for 13 days under the article on organizing a mass event and for 15 days under the article on petty hooliganism

Guitarist of the band “Stoptime” Alexander Orlov was sentenced to 13 days of arrest, on the way to court in a police van he proposed to Naoko

FSB reported on the prevention of a terrorist attack in the Stavropol Territory, a local resident was detained

He is accused of preparing a terrorist attack on a transport facility, a criminal case has been initiated for preparing a terrorist attack, and an accusation of treason is also being considered

In Bashkortostan, the court postponed the appeal hearing on the verdict of Ufa journalist Olga Komleva*, as she cannot speak

The court will resume when she regains her speech

 

The drummer of the band «Stoptime» has not left the detention center after administrative arrest, his whereabouts are unknown

The young man's relatives have filed a missing person report with the police

In St. Petersburg, police detained more musicians who sang Noize MC* and Morgenstern*, now minors

Their parents are heading to the police station, and law enforcement is planning to draft protocols for violating the order of street events

A second protocol was drawn up against Na Naoko for organizing a mass event and she was left in the police department overnight

Today she was released from the detention center after the previous 13-day arrest and was immediately fined 30,000 for «discrediting» the army

«The First Department»*: in the first nine months of this year, at least fifty criminal cases were initiated against lawyers in Russia

In Kaliningrad alone, three lawyers were detained in six months, two of whom are in pre-trial detention

Singer Naoko fined 30,000 rubles for performing Monetochka's song*

The protocol on "discrediting" lacks the date of the offense and the signatures of the police officers who drafted it

In Simferopol, the FSB detained a local resident, accusing him of attempting to blow up a 'high-ranking Ministry of Internal Affairs officer'

A criminal case was initiated against him for preparing a terrorist attack and illegally acquiring explosives, and he was sent to a pre-trial detention center

A second protocol was drawn up against the musician of the band "Stoptime" Alexander Orlov, who was detained the day before at the exit from the detention center

He is again accused of organizing a mass gathering of citizens, he spent the night in the police station

The guitarist of «Stoptime» Alexander Orlov was detained at the exit of the detention center and taken back to the police department

There he was informed about a new administrative protocol under the article on «discrediting» the army, but the document itself was not presented

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The Prosecutor General's Office declared two Ukrainian organizations 'undesirable' — Ideas for Change and Truth Hounds

They are accused of spreading military 'fakes', supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and calling for sanctions against Russia

A 19-year-old resident of Dolgoprudny was sentenced to eight years in a penal colony for setting fire to a relay cabinet, the damage was estimated at 20 thousand rubles

Initially, an examination declared him insane due to a mental disorder, but after the court sent the case for further investigation, it was excluded

The court in Moscow arrested singer Monetochka in absentia on charges of evading 'foreign agent' duties

The singer was repeatedly fined for the absence of the label, and street musicians performing her songs were arrested

In the occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region, the FSB detained a local resident on charges of treason

He was accused of transferring funds to "accounts used by the special services and the Armed Forces of Ukraine"

In Krasnodar, the father of a deceased soldier was fined for «discrediting» the army

The basis was his phone conversation after he learned about the death of his son in Ukraine

In Khabarovsk, the prosecution requested 11 years in a penal colony for a student in a case involving the purchase of a sleep disorder medication

The case is being reviewed for the second time because the court sent it back for further investigation, after which the charges were intensified

In Kaliningrad, a local resident was sent to a detention center for donating 2100 rubles to FBK*

He is accused of financing «extremist» activities

In the Kherson region, a court appointed by Russia sentenced a local resident to 12.5 years in prison on charges of treason

The FSB claims that she donated to "support the material and technical supply of Ukrainian armed formations"

The Ministry of Justice declared the orientalist Ruslan Suleymanov, journalists Nino Rosebashvili and Irina Novik, and blogger Dmitry Chernyshevsky as 'foreign agents'

The updated registry also includes the projects 'Angry Chuvashia' and 'Ust-Kut24'

Every month, about 300 people are added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of 'terrorists and extremists,' one in ten is a teenager

There are currently 18,771 people in the registry

To the mother of the founder and editor-in-chief of ASTRA* Anastasia Chumakova in Ulyanovsk came with a search in the case of "fakes"

The woman's personal correspondence was checked, and then all the equipment was seized

Activist Darya Polyudova, who is serving a sentence for 'creating an extremist community' and 'justifying terrorism,' declared a hunger strike

She already has six reprimands and a disciplinary fine for fabricated reasons, while she is being hindered from communicating with her lawyer

21-year-old administrator of Melitopol Telegram channel sentenced to 14 years in prison for terrorism and espionage charges

She, along with other journalists from Melitopol, was initially accused of espionage, and later of directing HIMARS at the building where the FSB was based

In annexed Crimea, a blind resident who was previously sentenced to 17 years in the "Hizb ut-Tahrir"* case but was later released due to health issues, was detained

The detention may be related to a new criminal case for possession of cartridges found in one of the villages

Mikhail Kriger stopped the «dry» hunger strike, but he continues to refuse food in protest against isolation from other prisoners

He has been on hunger strike for 29 days

A new criminal case has been initiated against Boris Akunin* for non-compliance with the duties of a 'foreign agent'

Previously, the writer was sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison under a similar article, as well as for 'justifying terrorism', 'assisting terrorist activities'

In Irkutsk, a 35-year-old laborer was sentenced to six years in a penal colony for comments on Telegram

He was accused of «justifying terrorism» for two comments and included in the list of «terrorists and extremists»

In Udmurtia, a lawyer was arrested on charges of passing data on law enforcement officers to Ukraine

He was charged with "participation in the activities of a terrorist organization" and sent to a pre-trial detention center

The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation demanded to recognize FBK* as a terrorist organization

The lawsuit will be considered by Judge Oleg Nefedov, who recognized LGBT and «satanists» as «extremists», and also removed the «terrorist» status from the «Taliban»

An anti-fascist from Chita, who is serving a sentence for 'calls for extremism', was given a second sentence for talking with cellmates

Reading to cellmates materials from his first criminal case was qualified by the investigation and court as 'calls for terrorism'

The court in Yekaterinburg sentenced musician Evgeny Mikhailov to 14 days of arrest for performing songs by Noize MC* and Monetochka*

He was found guilty on two counts — petty hooliganism and "discrediting" the Russian army

The Ukrainian project «Slidstvo.Info» discovered the whereabouts of journalist Anastasia Glukhovskaya, who was kidnapped in Melitopol in 2023

Since August 2024, she has been held in Detention Center No. 3 in Kizel, Perm Krai, where the mayor of Dniprorudne, Yevhen Matveev, and journalist Viktoria Roshchina have already died

The Russian army is «discredited» even by songs of «foreign agents»

A protocol was drawn up against a street musician detained yesterday in Yekaterinburg under the article on «discrediting» the army for a song by Monetochka*

In Moscow, a young man was detained for holding a picket in support of the musicians «Stoptime» and Evgeny Mikhailov from Yekaterinburg

He stood with a poster that had the words of the song by Noize MC* «Cooperative "Swan Lake"»

The number of convictions in political cases increased by one and a half times in the first half of 2025, from 705 to 1058 people

The number of convictions under the article on confidential cooperation with a foreign state or organization increased by 7.5 times

Anna Mongait*, Ilya Varlamov*, and Sergey Medvedev* added to the registry of 'terrorists and extremists'

They were previously sentenced in absentia under articles on military 'fakes' and 'discrediting' the army

A resident of the Belgorod region repaired a military vehicle and they gave him a grenade, three years later he received a real sentence for it

He was sentenced to 1.5 years of imprisonment and a fine of 20 thousand rubles

In Russia, the first criminal case of illegal transfer of phone numbers was initiated

At the same time, the arrest was carried out by a special forces group that broke down the door

In Yekaterinburg, a street musician was detained for performing in support of the St. Petersburg band «Stoptime» and singing songs of «foreign agents»

He was taken to the police department

The convicted to 12 years for military 'fakes' and cooperation with FBK* Olga Komleva** lost her speech

Since September 8, she has been unable to speak, during a meeting with her husband she had to communicate using notes

The State Duma intends to introduce life sentences for involving children in sabotage and lower the age for sabotage articles to 14 years

The authors of the bill called it "preventive measures," human rights activists note that now one can fall under the "roller" even for a link to a Telegram channel

FSB initiated a criminal case of treason, confusing the suspects

Instead of a former employee of the Ulyanovsk city administration, the suspect became the founder of the «Revolt Center»* in Komi, they did not close the case, gathered evidence against him

In the protocol for singer Naoko, the police indicated that the song Noize MC* “Bright Stripe” “discredits” the army, as it is listened to by Ukrainians during bombings

According to law enforcement, in this way “a negative assessment of the Russian Federation's special military operation is being formed in society”

Since the beginning of the war, at least 158 minors have been convicted in Russia on terrorism charges and sabotage

In the first half of this year, 29 teenagers received sentences for "terrorism" and 13 for "sabotage"

In Russia, 115 people were convicted of treason in half a year, which is twice as many as last year

For ten people, treason was one of several charges

FSB reported the arrest in the Stavropol region of a 'supporter of radical views' preparing a terrorist attack

Security forces claim that he joined an unnamed terrorist organization and wanted to blow up the local administration

In St. Petersburg, the head of the association of private detectives was detained and sent to a pre-trial detention center on charges of treason

He was accused of collecting and transmitting secret information, as well as collaborating with foreign intelligence from one of the Baltic countries

58-year-old loader sentenced to eight years in prison for posts on a blocked page on VKontakte

The court considered that he made publications for an 'unlimited audience' since the page could be accessed from abroad or with a VPN

Journalist Ksenia Luchenko*, Russian cuisine historian Pavel Syutkin, and Yabloko deputy chairman Maxim Kruglov added to the list of 'extremists and terrorists'

All of them were previously involved in cases regarding military 'fakes'

A report on street musicians in St. Petersburg was filed by State Duma Deputy Mikhail Romanov

A colleague showed him the video, Romanov wrote to the Investigative Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and hopes that «it won't end with just an administrative penalty»

«Rotunda»: Two protocols were drawn up against singer Naoko for 'discrediting' the army for performing songs by 'foreign agents'

Now she faces a criminal case

In Rostov-on-Don, a military court sentenced 15 captured Ukrainians from 'Aidar'* to terms ranging from 15 to 21 years in a high-security colony

The entire accusation was based solely on the fact of serving in the 'Aidar' battalion, no specific crimes were charged against any of the defendants

The third musician of the band «Stoptime» Alexander Orlov was arrested for 12 days

He also, according to the court, obstructed the passage of citizens while performing songs by «foreign agents», but they refused to hear the alleged police complainant

Political prisoner Nika Novak declared a hunger strike in protest against torturous conditions in the colony

Earlier, she was put on the professional register as "prone to terrorism"

In St. Petersburg, Singer Naoko was arrested for 13 days for performing songs by «foreign agents», she was detained the day before, spent the night in police custody, and was brought to court in handcuffs

The court considered that her performance was not authorized and interfered with St. Petersburg residents going to the metro

The 18-year-old St. Petersburg singer Naoko, detained for performing songs by 'foreign agents', was brought to court in handcuffs

She was detained the day before, the girl spent the night in the police station

In the Stavropol region, a local resident was detained for setting fire to a military enlistment office last night

The woman reported that she was forced to throw a Molotov cocktail by fraudsters

Former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alfred Kokh, lawyer Nikolai Polozov*, and sociologist Igor Eidman* included in the list of 'terrorists and extremists'

It is noted that criminal cases have been initiated against Kokh and Polozov under 'terrorist' articles, which had not been previously reported

The military court sentenced a Ukrainian soldier captured in the Kursk region to life imprisonment

He was accused of terrorism, murder, and rape, with the investigation's versions changing repeatedly

Alexei Gorinov* was registered as "prone to arson"

Previously, he was already registered for "prone to escape", "prone to suicide and self-harm" and "prone to terrorist acts"

In Russia, 114 cases have already been initiated for financing an «extremist» organization for FBK* donations

There are reports of 79 convictions, 14 people were sentenced to actual terms

At Sochi Airport, a resident of Tuapse was detained, accused of recruiting for a terrorist organization

According to law enforcement, three Russians whom he had already managed to recruit were detained with him

FSB reported the detention of a Donetsk resident who allegedly provided the SBU with information about cars parked near administrative buildings

She was also charged with transporting explosive devices between caches

FSB initiated a criminal case against the «Anti-War Committee of Russia»* led by Mikhail Khodorkovsky** on charges of violent seizure of power

The special service stated that more than 20 public figures and politicians are involved in a terrorist community and called for «the elimination of the current government»

“Such measures, I am convinced, have nothing to do with either justice or order”

The singer of the American rock band Garbage, Shirley Manson, wrote a letter in support of Mikhail Krieger, who is on a hunger strike in the colony

Blogger Areg Shchepikhina, who was kidnapped from Yaroslavsky Station in the summer by Chechen security forces, was sentenced to five years in a penal colony

He was accused of insulting the feelings of believers, inciting extremism, and inciting hatred and enmity with the threat of violence

FSB reported on the prevention of a terrorist attack against "one of the senior officers of the Ministry of Defense" of Russia

Three Russian citizens and a native of Central Asian countries, a supporter of "Islamic State"*, were detained, but it is claimed that they acted "in the interests of Ukraine"

In 2025, courts issue more than five sentences under 'terrorist articles' every day, a historic maximum

In the first six months, military courts issued at least 597 sentences, with 659 people involved in the cases

Politician Vladimir Kara-Murza* declared wanted

In August, he was denied a foreign passport citing data from bailiffs

Moscow trash streamer accused of 'desecrating symbols of military glory' sent to pre-trial detention center for violating pre-trial restrictions

In May, he spat on the St. George ribbon and published this video, after which z-bloggers reported him

FSB detained a resident of Donetsk for comments in messengers, qualifying them as 'calls for terrorism'

A capture group arrived for the detention, forcing him to talk about his 'crimes' on camera

An Altai activist with many children, against whom a criminal case was initiated for 'calls to terrorism', was sent to a detention center

Previously, she was under a restriction of certain actions, she was sent to arrest due to a 'violation'

Mikhail Kriger, sentenced to seven years for 'calls for extremism' and 'justification of terrorism', declared a dry hunger strike in the colony

He was transferred from the punishment cell to a solitary cell, Kriger insists on returning to the unit, protesting against isolation

Poland extradited a 16-year-old teenager to Russia who crossed the border in the Kaliningrad region in an attempt to seek political asylum

A criminal case was initiated against him for illegal border crossing, the teenager faces up to two years in prison

19-year-old resident of Chuvashia came to the police with a confession, stating that he attempted to set fire to a substation under the influence of fraudsters

The FSB decided that the "fraudsters" were Ukrainian special services and initiated a criminal case under the article on terrorism

The military court in Rostov sentenced a 32-year-old prisoner from 'Azov'* to 18 years in a penal colony

He was found guilty under the articles 'participation in a terrorist community' and 'training for terrorist activities'

14-year-old schoolgirl from Stavropol sentenced to 70 hours of community service for the inscription 'Navalny' at a bus stop

The district administration was recognized as the victim in the case, which refused to dismiss the case by reconciliation of the parties

In St. Petersburg, a 12-year-old schoolgirl was detained for setting fire to a cell tower

The materials were handed over to the investigative authorities, although criminal liability is only possible from the age of 14

In Krasnoyarsk, a teenager was detained, accused of transferring data about a military relative to «Azov»*

He is charged with participating in the activities of a terrorist organization

In Moscow, culinary historian Pavel Syutkin was detained on charges of military «fakes» and taken for questioning to the Investigative Committee

Earlier, z-bloggers demanded an investigation, claiming that he is a «Russophobe and pro-Ukrainian»

In the Moscow region, a 24-year-old young man was detained on charges of blowing up a war participant's car and collecting information about a defense enterprise in Altai

He was charged with an article on terrorism, and is also being checked under articles on treason and illegal manufacture of explosives

In Volgograd, a leading engineer of the Research Institute of Hydroacoustics 'Shtil' was sentenced to 14 years in a high-security colony on charges of treason

He was also accused of money laundering, the details of the accusation are unknown as the defense refused to communicate with journalists

The Ministry of Justice declared the Initiative FoReDi organization from Finland as 'undesirable'

Activists of the movement are raising funds for the installation of a memorial bench in memory of Alexei Navalny* near the Russian embassy in Helsinki
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