Pussy Riot members were arrested and briefly detained in Moscow’s Red Square for protesting against the amendments to the Russian constitution.

Police detained more than 30 demonstrators who were protesting pornography charges filed against LGBTI and feminist activist Yulia Tsvetkova.

Pussy Riot member Peter Verzilov was detained and sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest because he allegedly used "obscene language".

A Moscow court has sentenced theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov to three years’ probation on charges of embezzlement.

Thirteen members of the Pussy Riot were released from detention after being arrested during the photoshoot of a video on LGBTI.

The Side by Side (Bok o Bok) LGBTI film festival held in St. Petersburg was suspended for over an hour due to information relating to a bomb threat.

On 13 October 2019, a DJ was killed in a cafe in the Leningrad region because of the music he had been playing.

“We stand with the artist and urge authorities to provide a just and commensurate response to his case,” says Delphine Pawlik, Freemuse Programme Manager.

After five years in a Russian prison, Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov has finally been released in a prisoner exchange between Ukrainian and Russian governments.

Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov has been on hunger strike since 14 May to demand the release of 64 Ukrainians held in Russia on political grounds.