Committee in Defence of Political Prisoners protests against Armand Babadzhanyan's arrest in Armenia

March 27, 2025 22:49

• Krasnodar blogger arrested after being forced to apologize

  In Krasnodar, a court sentenced blogger Vladimir Vanyan to administrative arrest, finding him guilty of failure to obey the police.

March 27, 2025 21:41

• Krasnodar law enforcers detain restaurant visitor for pro-Ukrainian slogan

  A female visitor to a restaurant in Krasnodar shouted a pro-Ukrainian slogan while listening to a patriotic song. Law enforcers identified her and found out during a conversation that she wanted to irritate other visitors.

March 26, 2025 23:59

• Athlete from Krasnodar publicly repents for insulting law enforcers during his video stream

  Powerlifter Vladimir Vanyan*, detained after using foul language when speaking about FSB officers in a video stream on his YouTube channel, has apologized to the law enforcers. The athlete has stated that he “will serve with weapons in his hands in the SMO (special military operation).”

March 26, 2025 23:49

• Lawyers explain mechanism for searching for missing athlete Tsomartova abroad

  If Anna Tsomartova fails to declare that she has become a crime victim, the police in other countries can only notify Russia of her location, but not detain her.

March 26, 2025 21:40

• Relatives demand to disclose cause of death of Jehovah’s Witness* Valery Bailo

  In Novorossiysk, employees of the SIZO (pre-trial prison), tried to give out the body of Jehovah’s Witness* Valery Bailo to his relatives without a forensic examination. However, the relatives and defence requested the SIZO administration to disclose the cause of the man’s death.