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28 Aug, 2026
Volodymyr Kulbatskyi is a political prisoner
Ukrainian citizen who worked as a security guard in Russia sentenced to almost eight years in prison for allegedly having been a member of the Right Sector in his youth
26 Aug, 2026
Saxophonist Andrei Shabanov, transferred to a unit with even harsher conditions where ‘only prisoners with disabilities are held’, continues to face discrimination after being labelled ‘obizhenny’
Political prisoner Andrei Shabanov is being transferred to another unit, 'where only prisoners with disabilities are held'. He said conditions there would be even worse than in his current unit.
26 Aug, 2026
Angelina Mkhitaryan is a political prisoner
7-year prison sentence for a pensioner from Primorye: security officials found calls for both extremism and terrorism in a short sentence
25 Aug, 2026
Man from Luhansk sentenced to 18 years on espionage and treason charges
In occupied Luhansk, Yuriy Bykadorov has been sentenced to 18 years in a high-security penal colony on charges of cooperating with Ukrainian intelligence.
24 Aug, 2026
Russian woman who returned to Moscow from Ukraine over paperwork charged with high treason after four months of ‘carousel’ arrests
Moscow investigators have opened a criminal case on charges of high treason against Svetlana Golovatenko, who lived in Ukraine for many years but returned to Russia to renew her expired internal passport and re-register a flat she still owned in Donetsk.
24 Aug, 2026
Database of the project ‘Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial’
At least 5,608 people in Russia and the occupied Ukrainian territories have been deprived of liberty with signs of political motivation
24 Aug, 2026
Jehovah’s Witness Pavel Kazadaev is free
Pavel, Jehovah's Witness, walked out of a penal colony after three years behind bars for the 'crime' of discussing the Bible with friends.
20 Aug, 2026
Moscow-born and Kyiv-based film award winner charged with high treason during a trip to renew his passport
Aleksandr Kondratov, who is currently in custody on a charge of high treason, was detained on 5 May at passport control at Vnukovo Airport.
20 Aug, 2026
Mikhail Kuzin is a political prisoner
22-year-old resident of Chelyabinsk Oblast sentenced to 15.5 years in prison for putting up leaflets in a cemetery
19 Aug, 2026
Two residents of occupied territories sentenced to more than 10 years each for alleged cooperation with Ukrainian intelligence
In occupied Donetsk, 19-year-old Yuliia Buievets was sentenced to 12 years in a penal colony, in the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Serhii Pustovyi, born in 1969, was sentenced to 11 years.
19 Aug, 2026
Arseny Turbin turns eighteen
He was just fifteen when he was detained for handing out leaflets criticising Vladimir Putin, and was later sentenced to five years in a juvenile penal colony
19 Aug, 2026
Russian security forces detain former teacher in occupied Kherson Oblast
On 5 August, Russian security forces searched the home of 52-year-old Hanna Pyrozhenko in the occupied village of Pershokostiantynivka, in Ukraine's Kherson Oblast, before taking her away to an unknown location.
18 Aug, 2026
More than 10 convictions a day: Russia steps up use of ‘terrorism’ charges
On average, more than 10 people were convicted under Russia’s ‘terrorism’ provisions on each working day during the first half of 2026.
18 Aug, 2026
Vladimir Grabovetsky and Polina Kuzmina are political prisoners
Russian citizen sentenced to 14 years in prison for transferring funds to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, while Ukrainian citizen sentenced to 12 years for aiding him
17 Aug, 2026
A 68-year-old Jehovah’s Witness from Murmansk Oblast released from pretrial detention after custodial sentence replaced with suspended sentence
On 5 August, a court in Murmansk replaced Anatoliy Odintsov's six-year and three-month prison sentence with a suspended sentence of the same length.
17 Aug, 2026
Lev Shlosberg sentenced to 11 years and one month over war debate and Daily Mirror repost
Lev Shlosberg, deputy chair of the Yabloko party, has been sentenced by Pskov City Court to 11 years and one month in a penal colony.
17 Aug, 2026
Arrest over 219 roubles’ worth of Telegram ‘stars’, and 15 years on a fabricated espionage charge
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised last week
14 Aug, 2026
St Petersburg philosopher and theologian remanded in custody over donations to Anti-Corruption Foundation
Igor Zaitsev, a lecturer at the Russian Christian Humanitarian Academy, was remanded in custody over donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.
13 Aug, 2026
Galina Umyarova is a political prisoner
A pensioner from Domodedovo is accused of financing terrorism for sending Telegram Stars worth 219 rubles under a post by the Freedom of Russia Legion
12 Aug, 2026
Ukrainian civilian held in Russian captivity for four years died shortly after being exchanged
Oleh Kotov, 59, who returned to Ukraine in a prisoner exchange in June, died in late July. By the time he was released, he was already suffering from advanced cancer.
11 Aug, 2026
When the defence itself becomes a battleground: the case of Maria Bonzler
Maria Bonzler, a lawyer who is herself on trial, has appealed to the Kaliningrad legal community not to accept appointment as her court-appointed defence lawyer.
11 Aug, 2026
Jailed political prisoner Bakhrom Khamroev left stateless by Russia
The authorities had revoked the citizenship of Bakhrom Khamroev.
11 Aug, 2026
Native of Karachay-Cherkessia sentenced to life imprisonment for passing information on prisoners recruited to fight in the war against Ukraine and the prison staff who recruited them
The Southern District Military Court has sentenced Alexei Kaplunov to life imprisonment. According to the prosecution, while serving a sentence at a correctional facility, he passed on information to the Freedom of Russia Legion.
11 Aug, 2026
Adrian-David Kercho is a political prisoner
A young Romanian citizen who traveled to Abkhazia to visit his girlfriend was handed over to Russia. There, he was tortured, accused of espionage, and sentenced to 15 years in prison
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