The list of banned organizations in Russia is constantly growing. Using their symbols or even referring to them can lead to fines, arrests and criminal charges . The reason for persecution can be anything: prints on clothes, stickers, tattoos and publications on social networks. We suggest checking how well you understand visual symbols that are considered prohibited in Russia.

Four years ago, the decision of the Moscow City Court on the recognition of the FBK and all the structures of Alexei Navalny “extremist organizations” entered into force. The first time those who continued to donate the FBK were not persecuted, but by the middle of 2025, the repression against them became routine-we already know about 76 criminal cases in 38 regions. In fact, we are talking about the federal campaign. How the security forces calculate those who donatives who are at risk and what punishment threatens them - in a large Mediazonа investigation.

Illustration: Mila Grabowski / Mediazone Russia and Western countries held the largest exchange of prisoners in modern history. Moscow agreed to release Russian political zones - opposition and anti -war activists, as well as journalists of Radio Liberty and Wall Street Journal.

Illustration: Mila Grabowski / Mediazone In the Court of Appeal in the Vlasikha near Moscow, a complaint about the sentence to Ruslan Zinin begins. He was convicted of 19 years on charges of a terrorist attack, storage and alteration of weapons. At the end of September 2022, a 25-year-old forestry driver shot three times from a cut in the military commissar of Ust-Ilymsk Alexander Eliseev, who performed in the assembly hall in front of the mobilized ones.

Photo: Maxim Konstantinov / TASS The southern regions of Russia and the occupied Ukrainian territories are experiencing massive power outages. After the accident at the Rostov NPP, 2.5 million people were left without light. Interruptions with light have already caused spontaneous street protests in the Krasnodar Territory.

One of the most shocking and unusual characteristics of the current war has been the widespread military use of prisoners in Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine. Olga Romanova, Executive Director of the Russia Behind Bars Foundation, explains why this has happened, how it relates to Putin's undoing of attempts to reform the Federal Penitentiary Service, as well as to contemporary Russian legal consciousness, in which Putin's will is the law and formal law must adapt to suit it.

The widespread use of prisoners in military operations in Ukraine has become one of the most scandalous and unusual history of the incident of the current war .. Executive Director of the Rus Sitting Foundation Olga Romanova explains why this became possible and how this is associated with the abolished Putin reform of the FSIN, as well as with the reality of modern Russian legal consciousness, in which Putin’s will, while the will of Putin, should be the right to formal law for it adapt.

OPINION No sitting this one out. Head of Russia Behind Bars on the military recruitment of inmates 10 September 2022 Olga Romanova Founder of Russia Behind Bars (NGO Charitable Foundation for Assistance to Convicts and Their Families) “Hello. My husband is a convict and has enlisted as a volunteer in the Wagner PMC. Help me bring him back.” “We could try. You’ll need to write a request.” “Is that really necessary? I’m afraid of making things worse.” And with that, she is gone.

Opinions It will not work to sit out. Olga Romanova about how prisoners are sent to war 5 September 2022 Olga Romanova - Hello, my husband is convicted, signed up in the PMC Wagner, help me return it. - Yes, you can try. You will need a statement. - Can't you without me? No matter how worse it is. And that's it, she disappears. However, sometimes it may appear again: - They said that he died, and the body remained in the area of ​​hostilities. Give me the body.

Opinions Happy new deadline! Olga Romanova sums up 2021 for Russian prisoners January 5, 2022 Olga Romanova Prisoner of the year - Navalny, scandal of the year - torture, appointments of the year - reshuffles in the FSIN and purge of public monitoring commissions. The head of the Sitting Rus' Foundation, Olga Romanova, talks about how news from places of detention became the most discussed events of the year and why you shouldn’t expect anything good from the coming year.

The Federal Penitentiary Service has a new director - the fifth for less than 20 years of its recent history, and this is not the first time the replacement is quite nervous. It is believed that the FSIN was formed in our 2004. Prior to this, it was called the Gulag, Guite (chapter management of the forced labor camps), Guin (chapter management of the enforcement of sentences).

OPINION “The Clock is Ticking”. What will happen when the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) is recognized as an “extremist” organisation 23 April 2021 Olga Romanova Founder of Russia Behind Bars (NGO Charitable Foundation for Assistance to Convicts and Their Families) The Moscow Prosecutor's Office has demanded that the ACF and other organizations associated with Alexei Navalny be recognized as extremist.

Opinions The drum rotates. Olga Romanova about what will happen after the recognition of the FBK extremists 19 April 2021 Olga Romanova The Moscow prosecutor’s office demands to recognize the FBK and other organizations associated with Alexei Navalny, extremist. Olga Romanova, Director of the Rus Sitting Rus, says that in Russia there is with people whom the state considers extremists. Once upon a time there was a good boy in the city of Tver, just graduated from school.

A politician of such a scale as Alexey Navalny had never been in Russian prison. Future Lenin-Stalinsky sat when they were a petty fuss, then the faithful Lenin-Stalin residents were sitting as part of the policy of their own party, Scharansky sat long before the Israeli career, and the GKChP-91 and parliamentarians-93 sat in the end of their career. Navalny sat in the process of his vertical political take -off.

Opinions “This is the Sberbank Security Service! (in a whisper) Help, this is IK-47! ” How the administration organizes prison call centers 14 October 2020 Olga Romanova The FSIN volunteered to solve the problem of fraudulent “call centers” in Russian prisons and is going to ask for 3 billion rubles for these purposes.