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03 Feb, 2026
Human rights defender Alexey Sokolov has been held in an icy punishment cell since late December
Human rights defender Alexey Sokolov has been continuously placed in a cold punishment cell since December 30, 2025.
02 Feb, 2026
Crimean woman officially arrested on treason charges 15 months after her abduction
Karaim woman Sakha Mangubi was officially placed in custody on treason charges (Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code) in late January. Prior to that, she had been held in incommunicado detention for nearly 15 months after her abduction.
02 Feb, 2026
Hennadii Osmak and Nariman Abliazov are political prisoners
A journalist and a businessman, both residents of Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast, have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment of up to three and a half years in a strict regime penal colony on charges of participating in the Çelebicihan Battalion
30 Jan, 2026
The Kherson Nine are political prisoners
Nine Ukrainians were abducted during the Russian occupation of Kherson and sentenced to long terms of imprisonment on charges of terrorism
29 Jan, 2026
Ukrainian POW Andrii Zdorenko died while his trial was underway in the ‘DPR’
Ukrainian prisoner of war Andrii Zdorenko died no later than September 3, 2025 while his trial was underway in the 'DPR'.
29 Jan, 2026
PACE: any peace agreement must include the release of illegally detained Ukrainians and Russian citizens jailed for anti-war speech
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has adopted Resolution 2637 (2026) — ‘Supporting the commitment to a comprehensive, just and lasting peace for Ukraine and the security of the European continent.’ The resolution sets out clear conditions for any future peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. PACE stresses that peace cannot be […]
29 Jan, 2026
Mikhail Loshchinin is a political prisoner
A citizen of both Russia and Belgium who travelled to Russia to visit his father was sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment on charges of treason for transferring €30 to an acquaintance in Ukraine
28 Jan, 2026
Artyom Skakalin and Anatoly Poplavsky are political prisoners
A caretaker from Tambov and an employee of an oil and gas company from Moscow have been convicted for allegedly attempting to join the Free Russia Legion
27 Jan, 2026
Sergei Salazkin, Yaroslav Bykov and Yegor Gulyaev are political prisoners
Three individuals from Orenburg, Moscow and St Petersburg are being prosecuted under the law on ‘fake news’ about the Russian army
26 Jan, 2026
More than 40 criminal ‘terrorism’ cases against Ukrainians were filed with the Southern District Military Court in December
In December, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov on Don accepted more than 40 criminal cases against Ukrainian citizens for consideration, setting a new record for the monthly increase in such cases.
26 Jan, 2026
Russia possesses the death certificate of a Polish citizen who died in the Taganrog prison; Poland cannot obtain the document — Gazeta Wyborcza
Polish citizen Krzysztof Galos traveled to Ukraine’s war zone in the spring of 2023 to see for himself that the war was real. He was captured by the Russian army and died in the Taganrog remand prison.
26 Jan, 2026
Leonid Melyokhin is a political prisoner
A political activist from Perm, denied asylum in the United States and deported to Russia, has been remanded in custody on a charge of justifying terrorism
23 Jan, 2026
Vladislav Timofeev is a political prisoner
A 19-year-old from Pskov was sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony for comments on Telegram about the war, the Azov Battalion and the Russian Volunteer Corps
22 Jan, 2026
Leonid Kats is a political prisoner
A mathematician has been charged with treason for donating to a Ukrainian charity
22 Jan, 2026
Crimean political prisoner Tofik Abdulhaziev is losing motor coordination; he was previously diagnosed with a brain tumor
Crimean Tatar Tofik Abdulhaziev, convicted in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case, is in critical condition, he was previously diagnosed with a brain tumor.
21 Jan, 2026
Technician at the Kurchatov Institute faces 8-year prison sentence over anti-war content on a computer forum
Prosecutors have requested an eight-year sentence for physicist Dmitry Bogmut over anti-war content on a forum.
21 Jan, 2026
Leonid Yudin, Andrei Morozov and Vladislav Sevostyanikhin are political prisoners
Three young people - from Buryatia, Leningrad Oblast and Moscow - have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from 10 to 13 years on charges of attempting to join the Free Russia Legion
20 Jan, 2026
Olga Ogarkova is a political prisoner
A resident of Chita has been sentenced to five years in a penal colony on a charge of issuing calls to engage in terrorism for emotional comments on Telegram
19 Jan, 2026
Andrei Glukhov is a political prisoner
A 20-year-old student with cerebral palsy has been sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony for transferring 1,450 roubles to Ukraine to support a petition calling for an end to the war
16 Jan, 2026
Danil Likhanov is a political prisoner
A man from Novosibirsk has been sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment for donating to the Russian Volunteer Corps and for reposting a call to donate to this unit
15 Jan, 2026
Aleksei Sobolev is a political prisoner
A resident of Komi was sentenced to six years in a penal colony for comments made online; his father, who went to fight in the war in the hope of helping his son, was killed
14 Jan, 2026
Political prisoner Roman Tyurin died almost a year ago
Roman Tyurin, a political prisoner who was sentenced four times over social media posts, died almost a year ago, on February 17, 2025.
14 Jan, 2026
Prosecutors seek 18-year prison sentence for Tolyatti resident arrested after conversations with a provocateur
The prosecution has requested an 18-year prison sentence for Polina Evtushenko, who is accused of attempting to persuade an acquaintance to join the “Freedom of Russia” Legion.
14 Jan, 2026
Daniil Senko, Ruslan Orlovsky and Ilya Kholopov are political prisoners
Three men have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from six to 12 years on charges of treason and membership of a terrorist organisation for planning to fight on the side of Ukraine
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