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.
An LGBT activist has been sentenced to 12 years in a penal colony on a charge of treason for transferring $10 to Ukraine
12 Mar, 2025
Eduard Cherevan is a political prisoner
A football player with FC Lokomotiv Rostov has been sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime penal colony on charges of involvement in the Azov Brigade
10 Mar, 2025
Ilya Ukrainsky is a political prisoner
A resident of Irkutsk has been sentenced to six years in a penal colony for attempting to join the Free Russia Legion
07 Mar, 2025
Ulkyar Gashimova is a political prisoner
A resident of Dagestan has been sentenced to four and a half years in a penal colony for comments on Telegram against the Russian authorities and in support of Ukraine
06 Mar, 2025
Women prisoners of the regime
We have compiled an report about women who have been imprisoned for political reasons.
05 Mar, 2025
Sergei Mazin is a political prisoner
A builder from Vologda Oblast has been sentenced to 18 months’ compulsory work for reposting two videos
05 Mar, 2025
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Raising 5800 EUR for legal and humanitarian aid to women political prisoners.
04 Mar, 2025
Yevgeny Zakharov is a political prisoner
A resident of Yakutia has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for allegedly passing information about the situation in his region to Ukrainian intelligence
03 Mar, 2025
Vladlen Menshikov is a political prisoner
An electrician from Sverdlovsk Oblast has been sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime penal colony for laying a jump wire on railway tracks and for graffiti
28 Feb, 2025
Ilya Florinsky is a political prisoner
A resident of Oryol has been sentenced to six years in a penal colony on a charge of making calls to engage in terrorism for videos published on social media
27 Feb, 2025
Ivan Semykoz and Valeriy Koziuberda are political prisoners
Young men from Ukraine’s Luhansk region have been charged with financing terrorism for donating to the Azov Brigade
25 Feb, 2025
Tamara Parshina is a political prisoner
A software engineer from Khabarovsk has been sentenced to eight years in a penal colony on a charge of treason for transferring 2,500 roubles to Ukrainian funds
24 Feb, 2025
Stanislav Shevchenko is a political prisoner
A resident of Adygea has been sentenced to four years in a penal colony for ‘justifying terrorism’ online
21 Feb, 2025
Dmitry Polunin is a political prisoner
He was jailed for 140 days on administrative-law charges before being convicted of espionage on a classified charge and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of unknown length
18 Feb, 2025
Support people persecuted for anti-war views | Big fundraiser
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We are launching a €12,000 fundraiser for political prisoners persecuted for their anti-war stands to support them with legal help and food
18 Feb, 2025
Aleksei Pokazaniev is a political prisoner
A teacher from Yekaterinburg has been sentenced to three years in a low-security penal colony for a classroom comment about Putin and the explosion on the Crimean Bridge
17 Feb, 2025
Dmitry Zimin is a political prisoner
A medical student from Buryatia has been sentenced to eight years in a strict regime penal colony
14 Feb, 2025
Iryna Navalna is a political prisoner
A Ukrainian has been sentenced to eight years in a penal colony on a charge of preparing to carry out a terrorist attack in Mariupol
13 Feb, 2025
Mykola Holubov is a political prisoner
A Ukrainian has been convicted on a charge of justifying terrorism and sentenced to five years in a penal colony for online comments in support of Ukrainian soldiers
12 Feb, 2025
Aleksei Sivokhin is a political prisoner
A Russian who fought in the Donbas on the side of Ukraine and gained Ukrainian citizenship has been sentenced to 10 years in a strict regime penal colony
11 Feb, 2025
Nariman Mezhmedinov is a political prisoner
A Crimean Tatar has been convicted on a charge of participating in the Noman Çelebicihan Battalion and sentenced to eight years in a strict regime penal colony
07 Feb, 2025
Ilkin Melikov is a political prisoner
Ilkin Melikov and five other Muslims from Nizhnevartovsk are being prosecuted on charges of terrorism and trafficking in arms and drugs, based on dubious allegations of involvement in ISIS
06 Feb, 2025
Ivan Ladchenko is a political prisoner
A St. Petersburg musician has been sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime penal colony for putting up flyers about the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Free Russia Legion
05 Feb, 2025
Konstantin Ogoltsov is a political prisoner
A Chelyabinsk activist has been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for two short comments on the VK social media site
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