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29 Oct, 2024
On Russian Political Prisoners Day, October 30th, we are launching a campaign to raise 2.6 million roubles (€24,160) for those unjustly imprisoned.
On Russian Political Prisoners Day, October 30th, we are launching a campaign to raise 2.6 million roubles (€24,160) for those unjustly imprisoned.
28 Oct, 2024
Tatiana Laletina is a political prisoner
A student from Tomsk has been sentenced to nine years in a penal colony on a charge of treason for donating $30 to a Ukrainian fund
25 Oct, 2024
Ivan Chernenko is a political prisoner
A Ukrainian soldier who took part in the defence of Azovstal has been sentenced to 18 years in a strict-regime penal colony for serving in the Azov Battalion
25 Oct, 2024
Mediazona
From a dining car to prison for 6.5 years. The story of political prisoner Mikhail Simonov, 64, a railroad worker who is jailed for two blog posts
Mediazona reporter Elizaveta Nesterova tells the story of one such prisoner, 64-year-old Mikhail Simonov
23 Oct, 2024
Denys Muryha is a political prisoner
A former Ukrainian soldier has been sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment for serving in the Aidar Battalion
21 Oct, 2024
Aleksandr Akimushkin is a political prisoner
A blogger from Arkhangelsk Oblast has been sentenced to 20 months in a penal colony on a charge of ‘discrediting’ Russia’s army for VK posts
18 Oct, 2024
Sergei Furgal, Andrei Karepov, Marat Kadyrov, and Andrei Palei are political prisoners
All four individuals have been sentenced to long terms of imprisonment on fabricated charges for crimes that allegedly took place twenty years ago
14 Oct, 2024
Timofei Rudenko is a political prisoner
A former military psychologist was accused of justifying terrorism for comments on the Internet and sent to undergo compulsory psychiatric treatment
10 Oct, 2024
Mediazona
“Why’d you put me in jail without knowing who I am”. Moscow nurse Olga Menshikh, 59, was sentenced to 8 years in prison for two anti‑war posts
The Dorogomilovsky District Court in Moscow sentenced 59-year-old nurse anaesthetist Olga Menshikh to 8 years in a penal colony under the article on “fake news” about the army for two anti-war posts on VK
09 Oct, 2024
Mediazona
“Who’d think a last name could turn people into monsters?” Ukrainian Iryna Navalna, Alexei Navalny namesake, gets 8 years in Russia after torture
A court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced 26-year-old Iryna Navalna to 8 years in prison
09 Oct, 2024
Sergei Dudchenko and Nikolai Murnev are political prisoners
Four bikers from Yessentuki have been remanded in custody and tortured after explosives, weapons, and drugs were planted on them. One of the four died in detention; the remaining three face fabricated charges of preparing an act of terrorism
07 Oct, 2024
Dalerjon Achilov is a political prisoner
A butcher from Tajikistan has been charged with spreading ‘fake news’ about the Russian army and political hooliganism on the basis of a denunciation by an informer
02 Oct, 2024
Yevgeny Chafonov is a political prisoner
A resident of Novorossiysk has been sentenced to 30 months in a penal colony on a charge of incitement of terrorism for a video he recorded while intoxicated
30 Sep, 2024
Maksim Shchetinkin is a political prisoner
He has been charged with spreading ‘fake news’ about Russia’s army
27 Sep, 2024
Aleksei Rozhkov is a political prisoner
An anarchist from Sverdlovsk Oblast is accused of attempting to set fire to a military recruitment centre, publicly justifying this arson, and spreading ‘fake news’ about the Russian army
25 Sep, 2024
Mekhidi Timerbulatov is a political prisoner
A resident of the town of Gudermes in Chechnya has been sentenced to life imprisonment on trumped-up charges of committing a terrorist act.
23 Sep, 2024
Yevgeny Shved is a political prisoner
A Crimean has been sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment for an emotional post about Victory Day
19 Sep, 2024
Serhiy Skydan is a political prisoner
The Ukrainian military serviceman has been sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment for serving in the Aidar battalion
16 Sep, 2024
Mykola Onuk is a political prisoner
The Crimean resident was arrested for putting up ‘Crimea is Ukraine’ posters; explosives were planted on him and he was sentenced to five years in a penal colony
13 Sep, 2024
Andrei Gaevsky is a political prisoner
A court has ordered the Moscow rock music journalist to undergo compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital on a charge of spreading ‘fake news’ about Russia’s army
12 Sep, 2024
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Текст выступления Сергея Давидиса на неконференции «Все за всех»
11 сентября руководитель проекта «Поддержка политзаключённых. Мемориал» выступил на неконференции «Все за всех»
11 Sep, 2024
Mediazona
“They told me to pack for a couple of days”. Nina Slobodchikova’s account of her 12‑year sentence for transferring $50 to Ukraine
Nina Slobodchikova, a 37-year-old IT professional, has been sentenced to 12 years in a penal colony on charges of treason for making a single money transfer to a Ukrainian blogger’s account.
11 Sep, 2024
Dzhamil Nurakov is a political prisoner
A blogger from Amur Oblast has been sentenced to 18 months in a low-security penal colony for ‘discrediting’ the Russian army
09 Sep, 2024
Daniil Bondarenko is a political prisoner
A military serviceman from Vladivostok has been sentenced to two years in a low-security penal colony for a conversation with colleagues about the bombing of the Crimean Bridge
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