RUSSIA: Repression, repression, repression and… resistance

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Repression, repression, repression

HRWF with OVD News (02.10.2022) – https://ovd.news/express-news – Under the Soviet Union, Solzhenitsyn wrote his first major book titled “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” to denounce the Gulag concentration camp system of his country while avoiding censorship.

Nowadays, the daily life of Russian citizens is reported on internet hour after hour by Russian media outlets censored in Russia but going on to work from outside the country. Hereafter, an excerpt of the website of OVD News on 30 September and 1 October:

1 OCTOBER

21:26

A picketer was detained again on Manezhnaya Square because of a poster about the law on domestic violence

18:37

The Kazan authorities refused to agree on a picket against the war in Ukraine

14:11

Kemerovo region

A protocol was drawn up on an eco-activist from the Kemerovo region because of a meeting with the participation of 10 people

13:54

Krasnodar Territory

A mobilized Krasnodar citizen was arrested because of a question from the head of the district about buying equipment

13:07

Khabarovsk Krai

At least three people were detained at actions in support of political prisoners in Khabarovsk

11:08

Arkhangelsk region

VKontakte blocked the page of an activist from Arkhangelsk due to anti-war posts

10:17

Kaluga region

In Tarusa, the activist was searched because of suspicions of arson of the military registration and enlistment office

09:47

St. Petersburg

Evidence of the guilt of a St. Petersburg woman accused in a “fake news” case was reported by an anonymous person

30 SEPTEMBER 2022

19:29

Sverdlovsk region

The court recovered compensation from the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Yekaterinburg in favor of a local human rights defender

18:56

Security forces in Dagestan detained journalist Vladimir Sevrinovsky. He was arrested for five days

18:24

St. Petersburg

The prosecutor’s office demanded that the “Spring” movement be recognized as extremist

18:04

Two defendants in the “Spring” case were extended the preventive measure

17:24

Security forces reported on the detention of administrators of telegram channels covering protests in Dagestan

15:55

Kabardino-Balkaria

Protocols were drawn up for four residents of Kabardino-Balkaria for holding a collective farm meeting

15:31

Volgograd region

A criminal case was opened in the Rostov region because of the arson of the administration building

15:30

A journalist from Buryatia was detained in Astana because of a search for an article on “telephone terrorism”

14:30

Vladimir region

Alexey Navalny reported suffocation attacks in the pre-trial detention center. The colony regularly sends him there

12:59

Ulyanovsk region

The convict in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case was transferred to Ulyanovsk prison

12:55

In Moscow, people began to be detained in the subway using a face recognition system

11:03

Vologda region

The human rights defender arrested in a “fake news” case said that he was deaf in one ear because of the cold in the pre-trial detention center

10:31

Novosibirsk region

A resident of Novosibirsk was sent to a pre-trial detention center for two months because of the plan to set fire to the military registration and enlistment office

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