Four Years into the Full-Scale War: Criminal Prosecution as an Instrument of Repression
Since 2022, at least 4,029 people have faced politically motivated criminal charges in Russia and the occupied territories in connection with the war in Ukraine. Thousands remain imprisoned. No acquittals have been recorded in the cases documented by the project.
The figures are based on verified monitoring data and represent the minimum number of established cases. Owing to restricted access to information and the opacity of the judicial system, the actual number of prosecutions and imprisonments is likely to be significantly higher.
Data as of 18 February 2026.