All assessments of the criminal prosecution of specific individuals, including the designation of detained persons as political prisoners, reflect the position of our Project. Such assessments are not based on the views and assessments of the individuals being prosecuted, their families, friends or lawyers, and do not imply their consent or approval. The information regarding the facts of specific criminal cases published on our Project’s website has been obtained from public sources and does not imply or require the consent of the individuals mentioned therein or their representatives.
Boris Goncharenko and Bogdan Abdurakhmanov are political prisoners
The residents of Krasnodar Krai face up to 20 years’ imprisonment for the attempted arson of a military recruitment centre
19 Feb, 2024
Vyacheslav Malakhov is a political prisoner
A blogger has been remanded in custody for a post on Telegram on charges of ‘repeated’ discrediting of the Russian army
09 Feb, 2024
Ukrainians Volodymyr Udovyka, Volodymyr Linnyk, Viktoriia Tkachenko, and Nataliia Prydatchenko are political prisoners
The former soldiers of the Aidar battalion have been sentenced to terms of up to six years in a strict regime penal colony for ‘participation in a terrorist group’
02 Feb, 2024
Gaziz Davletbaev is a political prisoner
He is being prosecuted on charges of justification of terrorism for a post on the VK social media site
12 Jan, 2024
Ukrainian Azov regiment POWs are political prisoners
24 украинских бойца и служащих судят по статьям о терроризме и попытке насильственного захвата власти
11 Jan, 2024
Anna Aleksandrova is a political prisoner
A hairdresser from St Petersburg is facing up to 10 years in prison for anti-war posts on social media
21 Dec, 2023
Andrei Etkeev is a political prisoner
He has been sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment for reposts about Russian crimes in Bucha
15 Dec, 2023
Shakhban Abakargadzhiev is a political prisoner
He has been sentenced to forced labour because of a post about killings in Bucha
08 Dec, 2023
Vadim Kharchenko is a political prisoner
A YouTube blogger has been placed under house arrest for speculating on reasons for the Russian military's withdrawal from Kherson in Ukraine
22 Nov, 2023
Matvei Yuferov is a political prisoner
Matvei Yuferov was sentenced to four years in prison on charges of rehabilitating Nazism for urinating on a display that contained a veteran’s portrait
21 Nov, 2023
Kirill Akimov is a political prisoner
He was convicted of ‘public incitement of terrorism’ for statements he made against the war on Ukraine in amateur radio broadcasts and sentenced to six years in a penal colony
15 Nov, 2023
Oleg Valeev is a political prisoner
The Crimean resident has been sentenced to 1.5 years in a low-security penal colony for repeatedly ‘discrediting’ Russia’s military
01 Nov, 2023
Aleksey Navalny’s lawyers are political prisoners
Vadim Kobzev, Aleksey Liptser, and Igor Sergunin are accused of membership in an extremist organisation
27 Oct, 2023
Ukrainian activist Serhiy Tsyhypa is a political prisoner
He has been sentenced in occupied Crimea on charges of espionage to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony
04 Oct, 2023
Andrei Boyarshinov from Kazan is a political prisoner
He is being prosecuted for inciting terrorism after discussing anti-war protests on Telegram
27 Sep, 2023
Yevgenia Berkovich and Svetlana Petriychuk are political prisoners
They have been accused of 'justifying terrorism' for staging a play about recruiting women into the banned ISIS
20 Sep, 2023
The six defendants in the Vesna case are political prisoners
A criminal case for alleged involvement in the Vesna movement has been initiated on a number of charges against a group of young men and women, six of whom have been remanded in custody
19 Sep, 2023
Former Chechen police officer Yasin Khalidov is a political prisoner
He was detained while trying to leave Russia and taken to Chechnya for passing information about the Chechen security services to human rights activists
13 Sep, 2023
Igor Paskar a political prisoner
He was sentenced to 8.5 years in a strict-regime colony on charges of vandalism and terrorism
12 Sep, 2023
We consider streamer Anna Bazhutova (YokoBovich) a political prisoner
She was arrested for posting videos about Russian war crimes in Bucha
30 Aug, 2023
Five Crimean Tatars accused of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir are political prisoners
They face long prison sentences on ‘terrorism’ charges for discussing religious matters in 2015
22 Aug, 2023
Parvina Abuzarova is a political prisoner
An Instagram blogger from Kazan was sentenced to 3 years in prison on charges of calling for desertion
21 Aug, 2023
We consider Saveliy Frolov a political prisoner
He was arrested on the border with Georgia and charged under the article on preparation for treason
11 Aug, 2023
We consider Aleksei Filyugin a political prisoner
A farmer from the Kurgan region was sent to a remand centre for ‘discrediting’ the Russian army and spreading ‘fakes’ about it
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