Political prisoners support.
Memorial

After the illegal and unjustified liquidation of the Memorial Human Rights Center, with the consent of its Council, our team continues the work of the Memorial Human Rights Center Support Program for Political Prisoners as an independent human rights project

Free Political Prisoner Mothers

Database of the project ‘Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial’

Stand with victims of political repression

New political prisoners:

Political prisoners:

2358

since 2009

1693

now

Who are political prisoners

Political prisoners

Number of figurants: 1693

Other victims of political repression

Number of figurants: 53

Political Prisoners — Victims of the War

Number of figurants: 540

Persecuted Jehovah's Witnesses

Number of figurants: 216

List of persecuted Hizb ut-Tahrir members

Number of figurants: 222

All the persecuted

News

All news

30 Jun, 2026

Semyon Kravchenko is a political prisoner

A Russian citizen who came under Russian shelling in Ukraine and later travelled to Russia from Norway was sentenced to 14 years in a strict-regime penal colony for donations to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
29 Jun, 2026

Former Kurchatov Institute physicist Dmitry Bogmut, convicted over anti-war comments, loses consciousness for the second time during prison roll call

Former Kurchatov Institute employee Dmitry Bogmut has once again lost consciousness during roll call at his penal colony.
29 Jun, 2026

Orenburg bar Pose owner and staff sentenced to up to seven years for alleged involvement in the ‘LGBT movement’

Vyacheslav Khasanov, the owner of Orenburg bar Pose, has been sentenced to 7 years in a penal colony, the bar's administrator Diana Kamilyanova to 6 years and 3 months, and art director Alexander Klimov to 2 years and 3 months.
26 Jun, 2026

Voronezh man sentenced to nine years after spending a year under extradition arrest in Kazakhstan

Pavel Vladimirov has been sentenced to nine years' imprisonment for attempting to join the Ukrainian army. Earlier he spent twelve months in custody in Kazakhstan.
25 Jun, 2026

Irkutsk man with epilepsy and a tracheostomy sentenced to fifteen years for treason

Dmitry Rupenko, who was detained after filming near an aviation plant, has been sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment.
24 Jun, 2026

Yabloko deputy chairman Maksim Kruglov sentenced to seven years for posts about Bucha and Mariupol

Prosecutor Yulia Guznyayeva had sought a sentence of eight years
17 Jun, 2026

St Petersburg land registry employee sentenced to five years for comment on Belgorod residents sheltering from Russian missiles

Sergei Suptelya, an employee of Rosreestr, has been sentenced to five years in a penal colony under Russia’s law on military ‘fakes’.
17 Jun, 2026

Enemies, not criminals

We are publishing an analytical overview of the tightening of penalties and discussing the legal mechanisms the state is using to achieve this
08 Jun, 2026

Database of the project ‘Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial’

At least 5,468 people in Russia and the occupied Ukrainian territories have been deprived of liberty with signs of political motivation

29 Jun, 2026

Former Kurchatov Institute physicist Dmitry Bogmut, convicted over anti-war comments, loses consciousness for the second time during prison roll call

Former Kurchatov Institute employee Dmitry Bogmut has once again lost consciousness during roll call at his penal colony.
29 Jun, 2026

Orenburg bar Pose owner and staff sentenced to up to seven years for alleged involvement in the ‘LGBT movement’

Vyacheslav Khasanov, the owner of Orenburg bar Pose, has been sentenced to 7 years in a penal colony, the bar's administrator Diana Kamilyanova to 6 years and 3 months, and art director Alexander Klimov to 2 years and 3 months.
26 Jun, 2026

Voronezh man sentenced to nine years after spending a year under extradition arrest in Kazakhstan

Pavel Vladimirov has been sentenced to nine years' imprisonment for attempting to join the Ukrainian army. Earlier he spent twelve months in custody in Kazakhstan.
25 Jun, 2026

Irkutsk man with epilepsy and a tracheostomy sentenced to fifteen years for treason

Dmitry Rupenko, who was detained after filming near an aviation plant, has been sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment.
24 Jun, 2026

Yabloko deputy chairman Maksim Kruglov sentenced to seven years for posts about Bucha and Mariupol

Prosecutor Yulia Guznyayeva had sought a sentence of eight years
17 Jun, 2026

St Petersburg land registry employee sentenced to five years for comment on Belgorod residents sheltering from Russian missiles

Sergei Suptelya, an employee of Rosreestr, has been sentenced to five years in a penal colony under Russia’s law on military ‘fakes’.
08 Jun, 2026

Database of the project ‘Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial’

At least 5,468 people in Russia and the occupied Ukrainian territories have been deprived of liberty with signs of political motivation
08 Jun, 2026

Journalist from Mari El arrested over discussion of First Chechen War in online chat

Aleksei Seryogin, an independent journalist from Yoshkar-Ola, was remanded in custody. He faces charges of justification of terrorism.
05 Jun, 2026

Kaliningrad lawyer sentenced to one year in penal colony for 500-rouble transfer to Anti-Corruption Foundation

Vladimir Sorokin, a lawyer, has been sentenced to one year in a colony and was remanded in custody on a charge of financing extremism.

Mediazona 21 Apr, 2026

The 225 donor cases. Russian authorities continue to prosecute donors to Navalny’s Anti‑Corruption Foundation across the country

At least 225 criminal cases had been opened across Russia over donations to Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) made after it was banned as “extremist” in August 2021
Novaya gazeta 17 Apr, 2026

Artist Liudmila Razumova fears for her life in Russian remand centre

Politprisoner Liudmila Razumova is reportedly in fear for her life following an escalation of hostilities at a remand centre in Tver.
The Insider 14 Apr, 2026

More than 2,200 Ukrainian citizens have been charged in Russia under terrorism and extremism statutes — fewer than 1% have been exchanged

As of mid-March 2026, Russia has charged at least 2,278 Ukrainian citizens under terrorism and extremism statutes
05 Sep, 2025

Aleksei Badmaev is a political prisoner

A student from Irkutsk has been sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime penal colony on charges of justifying terrorism and treason for comments posted on VK and a transfer of 500 roubles.
The Insider 27 Aug, 2025

Over 300 Ukrainian soldiers who fought in the AFU’s Kursk incursion convicted in Russia on “terrorism” charges

Более 300 украинских военных, участвовавших в боях в Курской области, осуждены в России за «терроризм»