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 military serviceman from Sochi has been sentenced to two years and four months in a penal colony for refusing to return to the war in Ukraine
24 Nov, 2023
The five people accused of involvement in Aleksei Navalny’s ‘extremist organisations’ are political prisoners
Alina Olekhnovich, Ivan Trofimov, Aleksei Malyarevsky, Artemiy Perevozchikov, and Sergei Streknev have been arrested in the case of their connection with Navalny’s Headquarters and the Anti-Corruption Foundation
24 Oct, 2023
Vyacheslav Polkanov is a political prisoner
He has been remanded in custody on charges of repeated 'discrediting' of the Russian army
06 Apr, 2023
Mikhail Simonov is a political prisoner
He was sentenced to 7 years in prison for two anti-war comments on the VK social media network
15 Apr, 2019
Bashkir writer and journalist Airat Dilmukhametov is a political prisoner
Opposition writer and journalist, and a participant in the Bashkir national movement, Airat Dilmukhametov, has been charged with committing a crime under Article 280.1, Section 2, of the Russian Criminal Code
26 Mar, 2019
Mathematician and anarchist Azat Miftakhov is a political prisoner
Azat Miftakhov, a graduate student in the engineering mathematics faculty at Moscow State University and a supporter of anarchist views, is under investigation on two counts
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