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07 Aug, 2026
Ibragim Nagoev is a political prisoner
A resident of Maykop was sentenced to 11 years in prison after being accused of communicating with the 'Council of United Circassia'
06 Aug, 2026
Appeals court increases sentences for two Jehovah’s Witnesses from Omsk
Judge Elena Shtokalenko heard the appeal against the sentences imposed on Leonid Pyzhov and Sergei Rygayev and increased their sentences
06 Aug, 2026
Crimean resident Larysa Haidai has lost almost 15 kilograms in remand custody
Larysa Haidai, 62, who is being held at Simferopol Remand Prison No. 1, has lost almost 15 kilograms, her hair has gone completely grey, and she appears exhausted
05 Aug, 2026
Court releases two more political prisoners convicted in the Baymak mass unrest case
According to Idel.Realii, at least 25 people convicted in connection with the Baymak case have now been released from penal colonies
04 Aug, 2026
Aleksei Larionov is a political prisoner
Biker from Kostroma sentenced to 20 years in prison over graffiti
03 Aug, 2026
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Man convicted of preparing to set fire to military facility dies two weeks after release; courts spent a year refusing to free him despite terminal illness
Sergei Sviridov, a 46-year-old resident of Altai Krai, died on 12 June. He had been convicted of preparing to set fire to a military facility
03 Aug, 2026
Two and a half years for spitting on a St George ribbon, and eight years for posts on a blocked page
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised last week
31 Jul, 2026
63-year-old Jehovah’s Witness released after four years in a penal colony
Volodymyr Maladyka and two fellow believers, Yevhen Zhukov and Volodymyr Sakada, were detained in September 2020.
31 Jul, 2026
Natalya Shakh is a political prisoner
Сотрудницу дома культуры и певицу из маленького посёлка в Пермском крае приговорили к 5,5 годам заключения за три комментария в VK
30 Jul, 2026
Ukrainian national held in Russia since 2018 faces new criminal case after formal release
His treatment may be linked to the fact that Serhii Buhaichuk was detained in 2018 on charges of arms smuggling and illegal arms trafficking
30 Jul, 2026
Stavropol Krai resident Sergei Dubkov sentenced to six years for military ‘fakes’
The criminal case was launched over comments Sergei Dubkov left in a Telegram chat room
29 Jul, 2026
Moscow journalist Darya Shipacheva sentenced to twelve years for treason
Judge Sergei Podoprigorov of the Moscow City Court sentenced journalist and feminist Darya Shipacheva on 29 July 2026 to twelve years’ imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 roubles
28 Jul, 2026
Dmitry Sorokin is a political prisoner
A St. Petersburg mover was sentenced to eight years in prison over posts on a blocked VK page
26 Jul, 2026
Prosecution of a schoolboy over a sixteen-second oath, and a customs officer over a comment reading ‘Good news this fine morning’
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised last week
23 Jul, 2026
Jehovah’s Witness sentenced to six years in Togliatti
Sergei Fyodorov, a Jehovah’s Witness, was sentenced to six years in a general-regime penal colony in Togliatti on 22 July.
23 Jul, 2026
Volgograd lawyer remanded in custody on charge of repeated discrediting of the army
Lawyer Roman Melnichenko has been remanded in custody on a charge of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces.
22 Jul, 2026
Former director of a Luhansk arts school sentenced to thirteen years for treason
Marina Kovalenko, 58, from Luhansk, has been sentenced to thirteen years in a penal colony in Crimea on a charge of treason.
22 Jul, 2026
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Kherson resident’s six-year sentence upheld over comments about Vladlen Tatarsky and calls on Russian soldiers to surrender
The Appellate Military Court in Vlasikha, outside Moscow, has upheld a six-year sentence in a general-regime penal colony for Kherson resident Nataliia Pushkash
22 Jul, 2026
Boris Rudnitsky is a political prisoner
A St. Petersburg man was placed in pre-trial detention over the comment 'Good news to start the day' beneath a report about the death of a crime boss
21 Jul, 2026
Send 27 essential care packages to political prisoners
We are raising €2,183 to provide 27 essential care packages for political prisoners held in Russian prisons and pre-trial detention centres. Political prisoners in Russia are often deprived of access to adequate food, medicine and other basic necessities. For many, support from outside is the only way to receive essential items that help protect their […]
21 Jul, 2026
Eight people convicted under Russia’s ‘terrorism’ laws every working day in 2025, research finds
In 2025, 1,776 verdicts were handed down in cases under Articles 205 to 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code, with 2,078 individuals convicted — an average of eight people per working day.
20 Jul, 2026
Danila Smirnov is a political prisoner
A schoolboy from Astrakhan faces terrorism charges over Telegram messages, a video "oath," and a photograph of a mosque allegedly linked to the Freedom of Russia Legion
20 Jul, 2026
Six years for a schoolboy for arson ‘on the instructions of Ukrainian intelligence’, and five and a half years for a farmer for two comments about Azov
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised last week
16 Jul, 2026
Alyona Lysanova is a political prisoner
The daughter of a United Russia politician from Vologda Oblast was sentenced to 13 years for donations to the Ukrainian Armed Forces and online comments in their support
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