The issuance of files of repressed persons has resumed in the Sverdlovsk region. 

State Archives of Administrative Bodies Sverdlovsk region Once again, it is releasing files not only to the relatives of the repressed but also to researchers. This has not been possible since September 2025.

“As it turns out, the same practice has been observed for several months in other archives across the country, which have refused to release such files under various pretexts,” the researcher reported on his Telegram channel. Oleg Novoselov“It became clear that this was not an initiative of the local archive, but the ‘general party line’.”

In the fall, Novoselov linked the refusal to hand over files to an order from the Federal Archives Service that allows for restrictions on access to "sensitive information."

At the time, the authorities stated that they were protecting the archives from “use in the interests of unfriendly states” because the information contained in nearly 4,5 million archival files “could be distorted or used by foreign agents to the detriment of Russia.”

Photo: "Repressions in Sverdlovsk"