OVD-Info has been designated an extremist organisation. What does this mean for us, for you, and for people in Russia?
What happened? On 4 June 2026, OVD-Info, a human rights media project, was added to Rosfinmonitoring’s so-called list of terrorists and extremists as an ‘extremist organisation.’ The stated basis for the designation was the authorities’ claim that OVD-Info is a structural subdivision of the non-existent ‘International Movement Memorial,’ which Russia’s Supreme Court declared an ‘extremist organisation’ and banned on 9 April.