A political prisoner is unexpectedly released from pre-trial detention, perhaps due to a large public protest.

One of the leaders of the Russian charity movement has been charged in a criminal case. 

The Supreme Court of Yakutia has extended the compulsory treatment of a shaman who had previously announced a march on Moscow to “drive the demon out of the Kremlin.” 

A leader of a Russian LDS church was arrested for "financing terrorism" for donating to Navalny's fund years ago.

As Indigenous activists face criminal cases, Russia's U.N. representation is shifting towards state-controlled and corporate-linked figures.

A mathematician was almost extradited to Russia over questioning the investigation methods of the Crocus City Hall terror attack.

Two elderly physicists have been jailed in Russia for mysterious reasons. 

Russia has introduced rules allowing prison authorities to withhold up to 75% of the money transfers to inmates from relatives.

Three activists blocked the doors of Roskomnadzor to protest internet surveillance and were arrested.

A lawyer who represented dissidents and Ukrainian servicemen was convicted in absentia over comments about the Bucha massacre.

A Moscow museum dedicated to victims of Soviet repression will be replaced by a new institution focused on what officials call "genocide of the Soviet people" during World War II.

A prison that once held opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been closed. He referred to it as a "concentration camp."