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07 Jul, 2025
Anna Panteleeva, Kristina Rozhkova and Sergei Evstyukhin are political prisoners
Artists and a photographer are being prosecuted for ‘insulting the feelings of believers’ and ‘desecrating burial places’ because of a photoshoot in a cemetery
04 Jul, 2025
At least eleven Ukrainian POWs recognized as political prisoners have been released in a prisoner exchange
The list is being updated as new information becomes available
04 Jul, 2025
Sergei Mironov is a political prisoner
A resident of Kamyshin has been sentenced to nine years in a penal colony on a charge of treason, accused of intending to join the Ukrainian armed forces
03 Jul, 2025
Andrei Gilishev is a political prisoner
A medical laboratory assistantfrom Tyumen has been sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime penal colony for attempting to join the Free Russia Legion and for anti-wargraffiti
02 Jul, 2025
Ilya Zabolotsky is a political prisoner
A resident of Novoaltaisk has been sentenced to five years in a strict regime penal colony for attempting to join the Ukrainian armed forces
02 Jul, 2025
Konstantin Ledkov is a political prisoner
A librarian from the Russian Arctic has been sentenced to five and a half years in a penal colony for his anti-war stance
01 Jul, 2025
Evgeny Lazutin is a political prisoner
A security guard at a market in Khanty-Mansiysk has been sentenced to one year in a penal colony for a smoking-room argument about the war in Ukraine
01 Jul, 2025
Nikolai Romanyuk is a political prisoner
A pastor from Moscow Oblast has been sentenced to 4 years in a penal colony for an anti-war sermon
30 Jun, 2025
Magomedgadzhi Rabadanov is a political prisoner
A pensioner from St Petersburg has been sentenced to five years in a penal colony on a charge of collusion with foreigners
27 Jun, 2025
Yury Orlov is a political prisoner
A pension fund employee from Komi has been sentenced to three years in a penal colony for two social media comments – one of which was written in 2021
27 Jun, 2025
Anton Galeta is a political prisoner
A civil servant from Perm has been sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony on charges of preparing to commit an act of terrorism, preparing to commit treason, and justifying terrorism
26 Jun, 2025
Dmitry Goldychev is a political prisoner
A St Petersburg resident has been sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony for attempting to join the Free Russia Legion
25 Jun, 2025
Oleksandr Sheiko and Dmytro Yukhnov are political prisoners
Two Ukrainians have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment for serving in the Aidar Battalion
25 Jun, 2025
Evgeny Alakaev is a political prisoner
A Russian army officer has been sentenced to 18 years in a penal colony for corresponding with a priest and for sharing a photo of a document about peacekeepers’ casualties in Nagorno-Karabakh
24 Jun, 2025
Dmitry Prozorov is a political prisoner
A former security services officer has been sentenced in Kirov to five years in a penal colony for two comments on a local online forum
23 Jun, 2025
Artemy Ostanin is a political prisoner
A stand-up comedian faces up to six years’ imprisonment for making a joke about a person with a disability
20 Jun, 2025
Yegor Starshinov and Kirill Smirnov are political prisoners
Two teenagers from Nizhny Novgorod have been sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony for a video about their teachers and Russia’s war against Ukraine
19 Jun, 2025
Stanislav Moskvitin is a political prisoner
An Omsk pastor was remanded in custody for organising the activities of a church designated as ‘undesirable’ for supporting Ukraine
18 Jun, 2025
Yevhen Kapustian, Viktor Pavlenko, Maksym Bozhko, and Oleksandr Pedasiuk are political prisoners
Four Ukrainian prisoners of war have been sentenced to lengthy terms of imprisonment for serving in the Azov Regiment
18 Jun, 2025
Akim Gafarov is a political prisoner
A Crimean Tatar has been sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony on a charge of involvement in the Noman Çelebicihan Battalion
17 Jun, 2025
Vladimir Osipov is a political prisoner
A Moscow Oblast resident is being persecuted on a charge of spreading ‘fake news’ about the Russian army
17 Jun, 2025
Anastasiya Berezhinskaya is a political prisoner
A Moscow-based director has been sentenced to eight years in a penal colony for posts on VK criticising the Russian authorities and supporting Ukraine
16 Jun, 2025
Roman Ponomarenko is a political prisoner
A former military medical officer has been sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony for serving in the Donbas-Ukraine Battalion
11 Jun, 2025
Anton Sychyov is a political prisoner
An electrical engineer from Belgorod is being prosecuted for making calls to engage in terrorism for reposting a video about military operations involving the Free Russia Legion
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