# Police disrupt St. Petersburg letter-writing event for political prisoners

https://mins.news/en/item/131389

- Meduza, 2026-11-05 20:43 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/11/05/police-in-st-petersburg-disrupt-letter-writing-event-for-political-prisoners

> Police and masked people without identifying insignia entered the Nora venue in St. Petersburg’s Kolomna neighborhood and disrupted a letter-writing event organized by the Lyudi i Pisma project for political prisoners, Ostorozhno, Peterburg reported. The reason for the raid is unknown. Memorial lists 1,368 political prisoners and has a separate database of more than 5,800 people whose detentions appear politically motivated and unlawful; Russian authorities categorically deny the country has political prisoners.