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Ivan Tishchenko and Valery Ledkov are political prisoners
Tishchenko has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment while Ledkov awaits trial under house arrest for making donations to Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation
31 Jan, 2025
Four Jehovah’s Witnesses from Chelyabinsk Oblast are political prisoners
On the charge of extremism, IgorSmolnikov, OlegPreobrazhensky, ArtyomRepin and EvgenyCherepanov have been taken into custody
31 Jan, 2025
Denis Popov is a political prisoner
He has been sentenced to eight years in a strict-regime penal colony for attempting to set fire to a military recruitment centre and posting a comment on social media
30 Jan, 2025
Yaroslav Sukhanov is a political prisoner
Жителя Краснодарского края приговорили к 6,5 годам строгого режима по обвинению в намерении присоединиться к ВСУ
29 Jan, 2025
Ivan Kolosov is a political prisoner
A paramedic from Moscow has been sentenced to nearly nine years in a strict-regime penal colony for allegedly planning to join the Free Russia Legion
27 Jan, 2025
Vitaly Ryazanov is a political prisoner
A Ukrainian citizen from Kherson Oblast has been sentenced to five years in a strict-regime penal colony on a charge of participating in the Noman Çelebicihan Battalion
24 Jan, 2025
Pavel Guguev is a political prisoner
Guguev left the penal colony where he was serving a sentence to join the Russian army, was captured, and gave an interview to Ukrainian journalists. Now he has been charged with ‘collusion’ with foreigners
23 Jan, 2025
Igor Yakunichev is a political prisoner
The resident of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug faces 15 years' imprisonment on four criminal charges for publishing anti-war videos
22 Jan, 2025
Maksim Voronovsky is a political prisoner
A Navalny supporter from Magnitogorsk was charged with calling for people to engage in terrorism and subjected to compulsory psychiatric treatment
20 Jan, 2025
Vera Nikolaeva and Anastasiya Lysenkova are political prisoners
Two nurses who wrote ‘GUR’ on the Zhukov monument in Moscow have been sentenced to one year of compulsory work in custody
17 Jan, 2025
Vyacheslav Lutor is a political prisoner
A St. Petersburg resident has been sentenced to 10 years in a strict-regime penal colony on a charge of intending to join the Free Russia Legion
16 Jan, 2025
Aleksandr Neustroev is a political prisoner
A construction worker from Yekaterinburg has been sentenced to three years in a low-security penal colony for making a comment to a boy wearing a hat with the symbol of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
15 Jan, 2025
Aleksei and Vladimir Settarov are political prisoners
They have been sentenced to up to five and a half years’ imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony on charges of participating in the Noman Çelebicihan Battalion
13 Jan, 2025
Mikhail Antonenko, Gennady Buslov, Natalya Minenkova, Mikhail Sinitsyn, Zhu Yun, and Oksana Shchetkina are political prisoners
Six Falun Gong adherents are being prosecuted under the unconstitutional article of the Russian Criminal Code on ‘undesirable organisations’
10 Jan, 2025
Evgeniya Mandrygina (Shelkovnikova) is a political prisoner
A journalist from Krasnoyarsk has been given a custodial sentence of three years with compulsory work for ‘attacking’ a military recruitment officer
09 Jan, 2025
Nikolai Kolin is a political prisoner
He has been sentenced to nearly 14 years in a strict-regime penal colony on charges of treason and financing terrorism for sending money to an acquaintance in Ukraine
08 Jan, 2025
Yaroslav Vladyko is a political prisoner
A Ukrainian has been sentenced to nine years and ten months in a strict-regime penal colony for allegedly wanting to join Pravy Sektor
06 Jan, 2025
Anatoly Burov is a political prisoner
An activist from Vologda has been sentenced to five years in a general-regime penal colony for posting a video of a political prisoner’s last word in court on his Telegram channel
27 Dec, 2024
Dmitry Lyalyaev is a political prisoner
A singer-songwriter from Saratov has been sentenced to twenty-six months in a low-security penal colony for spreading ‘fake news’ about the army, making calls to engage in extremism and displaying prohibited symbols
26 Dec, 2024
Nine people convicted in the What Is to Be Done Telegram channel case are political prisoners
They have been sentenced to terms of up to eight years in a penal colony on charges of inciting hatred and involving others in riots for criticising the authorities and making calls to take part in protests
25 Dec, 2024
Ostap Demchuk is a political prisoner
He has been sentenced to 13 years in a strict-regime penal colony for sending money to his country of origin
24 Dec, 2024
Uralbai Abishev is a political prisoner
He has been sentenced to 9 years in a strict-regime penal colony on a charge of intending to join the Free Russia Legion
23 Dec, 2024
Ilya Kutsev is a political prisoner
He has been sentenced to seven years in a strict-regime penal colony for attempting to join the Free Russia Legion
20 Dec, 2024
Maksim Dmitrienko is a political prisoner
He has been sentenced to four years in a strict-regime penal colony for attempting to join the International Legion in Ukraine
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