Mariana Katzarova. Image from Memorial’s article of 30 October 2026. On 30 October, Memorial published an overview of UN Special Rapporteur Mariana Katzarova’s report on repression in Russia. It highlights the cases of Daria Egereva and Natalia Leongardt within a broader pattern of pressure on independent civil society. Possible Reprisals for International Participation Memorial notes that both women have been held in pre-trial detention since December 2025 on terrorism-relat

Mariana Katzarova’s new UN report examines systemic repression in Russia and calls for the release of Daria Egereva and other Indigenous rights defenders.

Mariana Katzarova and Pavel Sulyandziga raise the cases of Daria Egereva and Natalia Leongardt during a UN discussion on repression in Russia and abroad.

On 6 October 2026, the UN Human Rights Council renewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Russia for another year. The role is held by Mariana Katzarova, who, together with other UN experts, has already raised the prosecution of Daria Egereva and Natalia Leongardt with the Russian authorities.

Today (September, 22), a UN expert warned that the Russian Federation has established a state system of surveillance, intimidation, and punishment targeting its critics abroad, as well as pressure on their families in Russia. She described Russia’s transnational repression as a violation of international law that threatens the sovereignty of host states and must be brought to an end.

Following last weekend’s elections in Russia, representatives from Russia’s Indigenous Peoples and the Russian opposition have released a statement condemning the results. At a meeting in the Navajo Nation’s Washington DC Office, representatives adopted two resolutions.

Indigenous rights defenders are among the groups mentioned in the materials of UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Russia Mariana Katzarova concerning the Russian Federation’s transnational repression.

On September 9, the Human Rights House Foundation published a joint appeal by international human rights organizations calling for the renewal of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Russia. The document itself is dated September 4.