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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
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
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
04 Sep, 2024
Yulia Tishchenko is a political prisoner
A resident of Tula Oblast has been sentenced to four years in a penal colony for a Facebook post about fundraising for the Ukrainian armed forces
15 Aug, 2024
Andrei Kulievich, Nikolai Lagutin, Valentin Khoroshaev and Daniil Reshetnichenko are political prisoners
Opponents of Russia’s occupation of Crimea have been sentenced to terms of up to seven and a half years in a strict-regime penal colony on trumped-up charges of preparing a terrorist attack
12 Aug, 2024
Denis Trufanov is a political prisoner
He has been sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment in a penal colony for spreading ‘fake news’ about Russia’s army
05 Aug, 2024
Eduard Ataev is a political prisoner
An activist from Dagestan has been sentenced to six and a half years in a penal colony on fabricated charges of possessing drugs, firearms, and explosives
31 Jul, 2024
Vladimir Yarotsky is a political prisoner
He has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment on a charge of desecrating symbols of military glory for a cartoon of Putin
29 Jul, 2024
Maksim Chishkovsky is a political prisoner
A construction site manager from Vladivostok has been sentenced to 11 years in a strict-regime penal colony on a charge of committing an act of terrorism for setting fire to the window of a military recruitment centre
22 Jul, 2024
Nika Novak is a political prisoner
A journalist from the Zabaykalsky Krai has been charged with collusion with a foreign organisation
19 Jul, 2024
Anastasiya Dyudyaeva and Aleksandr Dotsenko are political prisoners
The spouses, both artists, have been convicted on charges of incitement of terrorism for allegedly putting postcards in support of Ukraine in a supermarket
15 Jul, 2024
Roman Tyurin is a political prisoner
He has been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for spreading ‘fake news’ about Russia’s army; now he has been charged with repeated ‘discrediting’ it
12 Jul, 2024
Andrei Petrauskas is a political prisoner
A crane operator from Krasnoyarsk was sentenced to 10 years’ on a charge of committing an act of terrorism for attempting to set fire to a military recruitment centre
10 Jul, 2024
Artyom Kriger is a political prisoner
The SOTAvision journalist has been charged with ‘participation in an extremist group’ for alleged involvement in Aleksei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation
08 Jul, 2024
Aider Umerov is a political prisoner
A Crimean Tatar from Kherson Oblast in Ukraine has been sentenced to six years in a strict-regime penal colony on charges of participation in the Noman Çelebicihan battalion
05 Jul, 2024
Maksim Makushin is a political prisoner
The Pentecostal Christian, who served in Russia’s Northern Fleet, has been sentenced to two years and eight months in a low-security penal colony for refusing to participate in the war against Ukraine
03 Jul, 2024
Mikhail Balabanov is a political prisoner
He has been sentenced to four and a half years’ imprisonment on a charge of preparing a terrorist attack for allegedly making a Molotov cocktail on the instructions of a ‘Ukrainian intelligence officer’
01 Jul, 2024
Ukrainian prisoners of war from the Aidar battalion are political prisoners
Eighteen Ukrainian military service personnel, including two women, are being tried on charges of participating in a terrorist organisation and attempted violent seizure of power
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