https://www.kompas.help/en/news/Key news on repression, political prisoners and human rights groups. Every item links to the original source. Updated every morning.enhttps://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2026/09/25/politologa-aleksandra-kyneva-zaderzhali-po-narkoticheskoi-state-newshttps://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2026/09/25/politologa-aleksandra-kyneva-zaderzhali-po-narkoticheskoi-state-newsFri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000A Moscow court sent the elections expert, already labelled a “foreign agent”, to pre-trial detention on a large-scale drug dealing charge carrying up to 20 years. He denies it. — Novaya Gazeta Europehttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/25/shamaevhttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/25/shamaevFri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000A district court remanded the lawyer in custody on charges of “justifying terrorism” over a social media post. — Mediazonahttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/25/foreign-agentshttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/25/foreign-agentsFri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000The Justice Ministry added the news YouTube channel, which has more than 3 million subscribers, to its register of “foreign agents”. — Mediazonahttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/25/purkinhttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/25/purkinFri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000A court in Ivanovo ordered the arrest in absentia of the 53-year-old blogger on charges of spreading army “fakes” and evading “foreign agent” obligations. — Mediazonahttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/25/vidlatsliyhttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/25/vidlatsliyFri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000The Southern District Military Court convicted them of plotting attacks on Russian-installed officials. — Mediazonahttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/25/tulahttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/25/tulaFri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000The Tula regional court sentenced them for setting fire to a trackside equipment cabinet. — Mediazonahttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/25/bluetoothhttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/25/bluetoothFri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000Equipment used at Russian border checks can pull call history and contact lists from travellers’ phones over Bluetooth. — Mediazonahttps://t.me/ovdinfo/28401https://t.me/ovdinfo/28401Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000The imprisoned lawyer and former Volgograd university lecturer has suffered a sharp decline in vision, and doctors refuse to treat him, OVD-Info reports. — OVD-Infohttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/24/krymhttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/24/krymThu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000Human rights defenders say the 58-year-old political prisoner is in a critical state in a prison hospital in the Arkhangelsk region. — Mediazonahttps://theins.ru/news/297486https://theins.ru/news/297486Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000Artyom Kosolapov had been held in immigration detention in Arkansas since late August. Bail was set at $15,000; he still faces possible deportation. — The Insiderhttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/24/esinahttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/24/esinaThu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000Nadezhda Esina, 67, was convicted over donations to the “Vozrozhdenie” church. — Mediazonahttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/24/angarskhttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/24/angarskThu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000A military court convicted a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old on terrorism and treason charges for throwing Molotov cocktails at a military unit; the vehicles were not damaged. — Mediazonahttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/24/sankthttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/24/sanktThu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000The St Petersburg City Court gave Oksana Ronzhes and Artyom Sakharov 13 years each: they were accused of filming power lines and the area near a military airfield on the orders of Ukraine's GUR. — Mediazonahttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/24/zhilinhttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/24/zhilinThu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000The Interior Ministry is seeking Zhilin, who lives abroad, in a case of financing FBK. By Mediazona's count, 167 sentences have already been handed down in such cases. — Mediazonahttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/24/skorikovahttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/24/skorikovaThu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000A case for calls to act against state security has been opened against the journalist, who was designated a "foreign agent" in spring 2026. — Mediazonahttps://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2026/09/24/zhitelnitsa-novosibirska-rasskazala-kak-sotrudniki-fsb-pytali-ee-ottsa-i-trebovali-ogovorit-sebia-newshttps://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2026/09/24/zhitelnitsa-novosibirska-rasskazala-kak-sotrudniki-fsb-pytali-ee-ottsa-i-trebovali-ogovorit-sebia-newsThu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000According to Tonya Egorova, her father was detained on 15 September and tortured to make him confess to setting fire to a cell tower. — Novaya Gazeta Europehttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/24/sokolov-tarantsevhttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/24/sokolov-tarantsevThu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000Defendants in the case of a burnt car belonging to an officer's wife told the court they were beaten during arrest and questioned without a defence lawyer. — Mediazonahttps://theins.ru/news/297471https://theins.ru/news/297471Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000Since June the number of minors on the list of "terrorists and extremists" has grown by 53. The youngest person on it was born in 2012. — The Insiderhttps://www.svoboda.org/a/sotrudnitse-navaljnogo-yulii-emeljyanovoy-grozit-ekstraditsiya-v-rf/33863791.htmlhttps://www.svoboda.org/a/sotrudnitse-navaljnogo-yulii-emeljyanovoy-grozit-ekstraditsiya-v-rf/33863791.htmlThu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000Kazakhstan has finally refused asylum to the Navalny team member, and she may now be handed over to Russia. — Radio Libertyhttps://meduza.io/news/2026/09/24/finlyandiya-predostavila-ubezhische-antivoennym-rossiyanam-olge-i-nikite-belovym-kotoryh-sobiralis-deportirovathttps://meduza.io/news/2026/09/24/finlyandiya-predostavila-ubezhische-antivoennym-rossiyanam-olge-i-nikite-belovym-kotoryh-sobiralis-deportirovatThu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000Olga and Nikita Belov, whom the authorities wanted to deport to Russia in the spring, have been granted asylum in Finland. — Meduzahttps://ovd.info/express-news/2026/09/23/tyumenca-prigovorili-k-8-godam-za-zvezdy-v-telegram-na-summu-menshe-300https://ovd.info/express-news/2026/09/23/tyumenca-prigovorili-k-8-godam-za-zvezdy-v-telegram-na-summu-menshe-300Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000A military court convicted 57-year-old Mikhail Antonovich of "financing terrorism": he left paid reactions in the channels of Naki, Nevzorov and Shpak. — OVD-Infohttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/23/amurchaninhttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/23/amurchaninWed, 23 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000A military court gave him 15 years in a strict-regime colony for graffiti in a lift and comments supporting the Freedom of Russia Legion, under treason and justifying-terrorism charges. — Mediazonahttps://ovd.info/express-news/2026/09/23/yuriya-dudya-vnesli-v-perechen-terroristov-i-ekstremistovhttps://ovd.info/express-news/2026/09/23/yuriya-dudya-vnesli-v-perechen-terroristov-i-ekstremistovWed, 23 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000The journalist has been added to the list, so his bank transactions in Russia will be blocked. — OVD-Infohttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/23/fishmanhttps://zona.media/news/2026/09/23/fishmanWed, 23 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000Moscow's Simonovsky court is hearing the case under Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code. The defence says Fishman is being prosecuted for his journalism. — Mediazonahttps://theins.ru/news/297442https://theins.ru/news/297442Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000The list now includes a German foundation supporting ethnic Germans, the Ukrainian civic education centre Almenda and a British organisation. — The Insiderhttps://ovd.info/express-news/2026/09/23/na-blogera-aleksandra-shpaka-zaveli-novoe-ugolovnoe-delohttps://ovd.info/express-news/2026/09/23/na-blogera-aleksandra-shpaka-zaveli-novoe-ugolovnoe-deloWed, 23 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000The case is based on a 2024 video. Shpak, previously sentenced in absentia to 8 years over "fakes", will be charged in absentia. — OVD-Infohttps://ovd.info/express-news/2026/09/22/memorial-poprosil-durova-sdelat-zvezdy-v-telegram-anonimnymi-iz-zahttps://ovd.info/express-news/2026/09/22/memorial-poprosil-durova-sdelat-zvezdy-v-telegram-anonimnymi-iz-zaTue, 22 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000The Memorial Political Prisoners Support project says the public list of Stars senders is a vulnerability that security forces use to open terrorism financing cases. — OVD-Infohttps://ovd.info/express-news/2026/09/22/murmanskogo-zhurnalista-denisa-zagore-obyavili-v-rozysk-i-sdelalihttps://ovd.info/express-news/2026/09/22/murmanskogo-zhurnalista-denisa-zagore-obyavili-v-rozysk-i-sdelaliTue, 22 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000The Murmansk "foreign agent" journalist is accused of breaking the "foreign agent" rules and taking part in an "undesirable" organisation. — OVD-Infohttps://ovd.info/express-news/2026/09/22/v-moskve-zaderzhannyy-na-izbiratelnom-uchastke-zayavil-o-pytkakh-tokomhttps://ovd.info/express-news/2026/09/22/v-moskve-zaderzhannyy-na-izbiratelnom-uchastke-zayavil-o-pytkakh-tokomTue, 22 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000Alexander Pavlov says that after he tried to photograph the election commission's notice board, police beat him and shocked him more than 20 times. — OVD-Infohttps://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2026/09/22/ia-razbit-ot-bezyskhodnosti-politzakliuchennyi-saksofonist-andrei-shabanov-poprosil-vkliuchit-ego-v-obmennye-spiski-newshttps://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2026/09/22/ia-razbit-ot-bezyskhodnosti-politzakliuchennyi-saksofonist-andrei-shabanov-poprosil-vkliuchit-ego-v-obmennye-spiski-newsTue, 22 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000The musician, who has a disability and was convicted over posts criticising the Kremlin, described pressure in the penal colony and asked to be put on the exchange lists. — Novaya Gazeta Europehttps://ovd.info/express-news/2026/09/18/minyust-priznal-rezhissera-andreya-zvyaginceva-inoagentomhttps://ovd.info/express-news/2026/09/18/minyust-priznal-rezhissera-andreya-zvyaginceva-inoagentomFri, 18 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000The ministry said the director had worked with "foreign agents" and "undesirable" organisations. Several other people were added to the list at the same time. — OVD-Infohttps://ovd.info/express-news/2026/09/18/mvd-obyavilo-v-rozysk-zhurnalista-meduzy-vladislava-gorinahttps://ovd.info/express-news/2026/09/18/mvd-obyavilo-v-rozysk-zhurnalista-meduzy-vladislava-gorinaFri, 18 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000The journalist, whose outlet is designated "undesirable", has been added to the wanted database. — OVD-Infohttps://ovd.info/express-news/2026/09/18/khudozhniku-iz-rybinska-dali-vosem-let-za-perevody-vyacheslavu-malcevuhttps://ovd.info/express-news/2026/09/18/khudozhniku-iz-rybinska-dali-vosem-let-za-perevody-vyacheslavu-malcevuFri, 18 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000The court ruled that the transfers to the blogger amounted to financing extremism. — OVD-Infohttps://ovd.info/express-news/2026/09/17/zhannu-nemcovu-obyavili-v-mezhdunarodnyy-rozyskhttps://ovd.info/express-news/2026/09/17/zhannu-nemcovu-obyavili-v-mezhdunarodnyy-rozyskThu, 17 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000The journalist and daughter of Boris Nemtsov has been put on the international wanted list in a criminal case. — OVD-Info