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Nizhny Novgorod activist sentenced to two years for posts about Alexei Navalny and reposting ACF content
Nizhny Novgorod activist Tatyana Arshinova has been sentenced to two years in a general-regime penal colony after being convicted of participation in Alexei Navalny's 'extremist' organisations.
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.
03 Jun, 2026
Maria Ponomarenko handed third conviction
Journalist Maria Ponomarenko, already serving a sentence under Russia’s ‘military fakes’ law, has had her prison term extended again.
03 Jun, 2026
Smolensk man charged with spreading ‘military fakes’ remanded in custody after attempted flight from Russia
Alexander Kislovsky, a 66-year-old resident of Smolensk charged with spreading so-called ‘military fakes’, has been remanded in custody after being detained in Vyborg.
02 Jun, 2026
Belgian-Russian programmer sentenced to sixteen years for treason after travelling to Russia to visit his father
The Pskov Regional Court has sentenced Mikhail Loshchinin, a citizen of Belgium and Russia, to sixteen years in a penal colony.
01 Jun, 2026
Administrator of ‘Free Lapland’ Telegram channel sentenced to fifteen years
Rafael Mamedov, a student from Murmansk who administered the Telegram channel ‘Free Lapland’, has been sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment.
27 May, 2026
Ukrainian woman whose partner died at Azovstal sentenced to fourteen years in a penal colony
Anna Belyayeva, a resident of the occupied city of Berdiansk, has been sentenced to 14n years in a penal colony on espionage charges.
25 May, 2026
Ukrainian pensioner jailed for donating to the Ukrainian army may be developing dementia in custody
Halyna Bekhter, 68, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison for donating to the Ukrainian army, is experiencing a rapid deterioration in her mental and physical health at Remand Prison.
25 May, 2026
Months in punishment cells, medication withheld, frozen during exercise — Bakhrom Khamroyev’s wife speaks out about conditions at Kharp
The health of human rights defender Bakhrom Khamroyev is deteriorating at Polar Owl penal colony due to lack of medical care and harsh conditions.
19 May, 2026
Nurse from Horlivka sentenced to five tears for absence without leave from the Russian army
Darya Bezruchko, a nurse from the Russian-occupied part of Donetsk region, was sentenced to five years in a general-regime penal colony for unauthorised absence from a military unit.
18 May, 2026
Andrei Padalka, charged with treason, reports self-harm after alleged abuse in Irkutsk remand prison
Andrei Padalka, a 53-year-old man charged with treason, has written an open letter describing alleged abuse at Irkutsk Remand Prison.
14 May, 2026
Two defendants in the ‘Ural Human Rights Defenders’ case have had their restrictive measures eased
Legal expert Larisa Zakharova has been released from a pre-trial detention facility in Yekaterinburg, defence lawyer Roman Kachanov — was released from house arrest.
07 May, 2026
Russian artist jailed for anti-war satire dies in custody
Vladimir Yarotsky, a political prisoner and artist from the Kuban region, has died in custody following what has been described as sustained administrative pressure.
05 May, 2026
Stavropol bikers sentenced to seven years as third defendant dies after alleged torture
Two defendants in the ‘Stavropol bikers’ case have been sentenced to seven years each. A third defendant, Kirill Buzmakov, died in July 2024.
05 May, 2026
MSU postgraduate Azat Miftakhov details state sanctioned torture at Polar Owl penal colony
MSU postgraduate Azat Miftakhov was tortured at Polar Owl penal colony.
04 May, 2026
Sixteen men detained in Karachay-Cherkessia over LGBTQ dating group as organiser faces extremism charges
Sixteen men have been detained in Karachay-Cherkessia following a targeted crackdown on an LGBTQ dating group, one of them faces extremism charges.
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