The latest in freedom of assembly news from Russia, via OVD-Info.
Organisers across the country have been detained ahead of Vladimir Putin's fourth inauguration as president.
While a Russian state agency attempts to close down the internet, protests in Armenia are resonating in Moscow
A terrorism investigation into Russia's anarchist and anti-fascist community has already taken eight defendants. Now there's a ninth.
This week, while a Russian government media watchdog is bringing a lawsuit against the Telegram messaging app, campaigners against landfill sites outside Moscow are being arrested.
Vladimir Putin may have been elected, but threats to freedom of assembly and asssociation aren't going anywhere.
Russian law enforcement and the security services have been given carte blanche to beat, intimidate, torture and fabricate cases before the elections.
Law enforcement are prosecuting activists left, right and centre ahead of the elections, stigmatising public activity and protest.
This Russian activist received a one-year prison sentence for allegedly kicking a police officer during an anti-corruption rally in March 2017.
This week, a Russian activist was prosecuted in a landmark trial that is being used to restrict freedom of assembly — and punish citizens who try to assert it.
More details emerge around the Russian anarchist case, in which several people were tortured by the security services.
The echoes of a planned national revolution continue to resound in Russia, as more people are swept up by the security services.
