All assessments of the criminal prosecution of specific individuals, including the designation of detained persons as political prisoners, reflect the position of our Project. Such assessments are not based on the views and assessments of the individuals being prosecuted, their families, friends or lawyers, and do not imply their consent or approval. The information regarding the facts of specific criminal cases published on our Project’s website has been obtained from public sources and does not imply or require the consent of the individuals mentioned therein or their representatives.
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
15 Jul, 2026
Ariadna Litvinova is a political prisoner
A former police college student deported from Turkey is facing criminal charges for "discrediting" the Russian army over an anti-war protest
14 Jul, 2026
Serhii Korzh is a political prisoner
An employee of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant abducted in occupied Enerhodar was sentenced to 13 years in prison on espionage charges
10 Jul, 2026
Anhelina Skyba is a political prisoner
The widow of a Ukrainian serviceman who died in Russian captivity was sentenced to 13 years in prison for money transfers to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
07 Jul, 2026
Denys Popovych and Nikita Ivankovich are political prisoners
Two young Orthodox clerics face multiple criminal charges over an alleged plot to assassinate Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov), described as Putin's 'confessor'
06 Jul, 2026
Thirteen years for a Russian citizen who had lived in Ukraine over money transfers, twenty-seven years for a Ukrainian prisoner of war with Russian citizenship convicted of state treason and terrorism
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised last week
02 Jul, 2026
Oleg Roldugin is a political prisoner
An investigative journalist faces up to six years in prison for using data lookup bots in his reporting
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
28 Jun, 2026
Five and a half years for a wheelchair user over a comment, and fourteen years for a Ukrainian-born man over plans to join the Ukrainian armed forces and for ‘justifying terrorism’
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised last week
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
15 Jun, 2026
A year for spitting in a box and 13 years for graffiti
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised last week
11 Jun, 2026
Виталий Трофимчук — политзаключённый
19-летнего жителя оккупированной Запорожской области с инвалидностью приговорили к 5,5 годам за комментарии в Telegram
10 Jun, 2026
Nikita Voitsekhovsky and Dmytry Ionov are political prisoners
A Moscow student and a football fan from the Moscow Oblast were accused of collaborating with the Russian Volunteer Corps over graffiti
07 Jun, 2026
Five years for a father of five over a comment about the Russian Volunteer Corps, 28 years for a Colombian paramedic who served in the Ukrainian armed forces
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised last week
05 Jun, 2026
Denis Bushtet is a political prisoner
A cossack from Primorsky krai was sentenced to 13 years for treason for telling a Ukrainian volunteer about volunteers who had gone to war
04 Jun, 2026
Nikolai Gaiduk is a political prisoner
A German citizen of Ukrainian origin was detained while entering Kaliningrad Region, allegedly framed with explosives, tortured, and accused of a terrorist attack
03 Jun, 2026
Georgy Paramoshin and Kirill Nikulenkov are political prisoners
Students from the Moscow Oblast and Arkhangelsk were sentenced to 8 and 3.5 years in prison for publications on the Telegram channel 'NATSDEM'
01 Jun, 2026
Vsevolod Kulikov is a political prisoner
A student from Lipetsk was sentenced to nearly nine years in prison for allegedly preparing to set fire to an airfield runway and forwarding the contact details of the Freedom of Russia Legion
29 May, 2026
Treason case against shop assistant, and charges of explosives possession, treason, and calls for terrorism against retired serviceman
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised this week
28 May, 2026
Artyom Basyrov is a political prisoner
A resident of Kemerovo was sentenced to 12 years and 3 months as a result of provocations: he allegedly wanted to join the Freedom of Russia Legion and spoke about it while in pre-trial detention.
26 May, 2026
Gennady Artyomenko is a political prisoner
A military pensioner from Nizhny Novgorod Region was sentenced to 18 years for anti-war leaflets and correspondence with the Ukrainian movement Atesh
25 May, 2026
Teenagers on trial on terrorism charges, a Ukrainian lawyer forced to dig trenches, and a preacher
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised last week
22 May, 2026
Yevhen Ilchenko is a political prisoner
In July 2022, a lawyer from occupied Melitopol was abducted by Russian security forces. He has remained behind bars ever since without any known formal charges
20 May, 2026
Dmitry Arkhipov is a political prisoner
A janitor from the Omsk Oblast was sentenced to 11 years in prison on charges of financing and justifying terrorism over an Instagram post
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