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12 Nov, 2025
Velimor Merkulov is a political prisoner
A mountaineer was sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment on charges of treason and justifying terrorism
11 Nov, 2025
Radik Makaev is a political prisoner
A Tolyatti resident has been sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment on a charge of intending to join the Free Russia Legion
11 Nov, 2025
Dmitry Seleznyov is a political prisoner
A chef has been sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment on a charge of attempting to poison Russian soldiers with water from a field kitchen
10 Nov, 2025
Mikhail Koval, Nadezhda Ukhova, and Viktoriia Brazhnik are political prisoners
Parishioners of the Vozrozhdenie (Revival) Church have been charged with involvement in an ‘undesirable organisation’ for religious gatherings and donations
07 Nov, 2025
Valerii Lyzun and Dmytro Pastashchuk are political prisoners
Two Yalta residents have been sentenced to terms of five and six years in a penal colony for ‘collusion with a foreign state’
07 Nov, 2025
Vasyl Bovkun, Oleksandr Maksymchuk, Anton Saikhiev, and Artur Tkachenko are political prisoners
Four Ukrainian military servicemen have been sentenced to terms ranging from 18 to 20 years in a strict regime penal colony for serving in the Azov Battalion
06 Nov, 2025
Tetiana Omelchenko is a political prisoner
A citizen of both Ukraine and Russia has been sentenced to 12 years in a penal colony on a charge of treason for donating 15,000 roubles to the Ukrainian armed forces
05 Nov, 2025
Liliia Kachkariova and Svitlana Dolhopolova are political prisoners
Residents of occupied Enerhodar have been sentenced to 14 years in a penal colony for donating to the Ukrainian armed forces
05 Nov, 2025
Dmitry Prokhorenko is a political prisoner
A Rostelecom employee has been sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment on charges of sabotage and treason
01 Nov, 2025
Mykola Lenytskyi is a political prisoner
A Ukrainian citizen from Kherson Oblast has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment for publishing a video about the death of civilians in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast
31 Oct, 2025
Konstantin Sereda is a political prisoner
A resident of Rostov has been sentenced to four years in a strict regime penal colony for attempting to join the Free Russia Legion
30 Oct, 2025
Vadym Tyvonenko, Oleh Doha, Vladyslav Hurin and Zoltan Bodok are political prisoners
Four Ukrainian prisoners of war have been sentenced to long terms of imprisonment for serving in the Aidar Battalion
29 Oct, 2025
Yekaterina Yegorova is a political prisoner
A resident of Zabaikalsky Krai has been sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment for donating to the Ukrainian armed forces
29 Oct, 2025
Turan Ustyugov is a political prisoner
A 19-year-old citizen of Kazakhstan has been sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment for attempting to join the Russian Volunteer Corps
28 Oct, 2025
Andrei Voronin is a political prisoner
An activist from Samara has been sentenced to more than 15 years’ imprisonment on three convictions and seven charges
28 Oct, 2025
Vadim Tomilov is a political prisoner
A high school student in Sverdlovsk Oblast has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment for intending to join the Russian Volunteer Corps
27 Oct, 2025
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27 Oct, 2025
Aleksei Giletin is a political prisoner
A resident of Murmansk has been sentenced to 11 years in a penal colony for corresponding with an alleged representative of the Free Russia Legion and filming military facilities
24 Oct, 2025
Dmitry Denisov is a political prisoner
A Stalinist from St. Petersburg has been convicted on a charge of ‘rehabilitating Nazism’ for comparing Putin to Hitler
23 Oct, 2025
Pavel Syutkin is a political prisoner
An historian of Russian cuisine has been remanded in custody for anti-war posts on Telegram
23 Oct, 2025
Viktor Nikitin is a political prisoner
A Khabarovsk resident has been sentenced to five years in a penal colony on a charge of ‘collusion’ with foreigners
22 Oct, 2025
Grigory Skvortsov is a political prisoner
A photographer and musician from Perm has been sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime penal colony on a charge of treason for passing publicly available materials about Moscow's underground bunkers to a foreign journalist
22 Oct, 2025
Serhii Ivashchenko is a political prisoner
A former member of the Ukrainian military has been convicted on charges of participating in a terrorist group for having served in the Aidar Battalion
21 Oct, 2025
Maksim Kruglov is a political prisoner
The deputy chair of the Yabloko party has been sentenced to 7 years’ imprisonment on a charge of spreading ‘fake news’ about the Russian army for posts about Bucha and Mariupol
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