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Freedom in the World 2026: Russia

Freedom House · 2026

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Accessed
2026-09-01
Reliability notes
Covers events of 2025. Total score 12/100 (political rights 4/40, civil liberties 8/60), Not Free.

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EstablishedPutin was officially credited with 87.3 percent of the vote in the March 2024 presidential election, in which genuine opposition candidates were barred from running.EstablishedOVD-Info counted more than 20,000 arrests at anti-war demonstrations after the February 2022 invasion, nearly all in 2022, and 1,902 people imprisoned or otherwise deprived of liberty for political speech or activity as of December 2025.DisputedSince 2022 Russia has shifted from a 'spin dictatorship' based mainly on information control towards a 'fear dictatorship' based on open, large-scale repression.