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.
We consider that Nikita Uvarov is a political prisoner and Denis Mikhaylenko and Bogdan Andreev are persecuted on political grounds
Three teenagers from Krasnoyarsk Krai were arrested on terrorist charges in 2020. Uvarov was given 5 years in prison and his two friends received suspended sentences
08 Aug, 2023
Aleksei Arbuzenko is a political prisoner
He was sentenced to six years in a penal colony for throwing paint, together with his son, on banners supporting the war against Ukraine
18 May, 2023
Organisers of an ‘anti-Covid’ protest in North Ossetia are political prisoners
Vadim Cheldiev and Arsen Besolov have been sentenced to 10 and 8 years in a strict regime penal colony respectively
12 Apr, 2023
Vladimir Mironov, a postgraduate student from St. Petersburg, is a political prisoner
He faces up to 10 years’ imprisonment for writing anti-war slogans on the walls of a military recruitment centre and breaking two windows
30 Mar, 2023
Tolyatti resident Andrei Balin is a political prisoner
He has been sentenced to 7 years in jail on charges of spreading ‘fake news’ about the Russian army for anti-war publications on the VK social network
03 Mar, 2023
Nikita Tushkanov, a teacher from Komi, is a political prisoner
Nikita Tushkanov was sentenced to 5,5 years in a penal colony on charges of ‘discrediting’ the Russian army and justifying terrorism for anti-war posts on the VK social media site
02 Mar, 2023
Medzhit Ablyamitov is a political prisoner
Medzhit Ablyamitov was sentenced to six years in a strict regime penal colony on charges of participating in the Crimean Tatar battalion
10 Feb, 2023
Ruslan Abdurakhmanov is a political prisoner
Ruslan Abdurakhmanov was sentenced to five years in a strict regime penal colony for involvement in the Chelebidzhikhan Volunteer Battalion
13 Jan, 2023
Three Crimean Tatars convicted of sabotage are political prisoners
Nariman Dzhelyal, Asan Akhtemov and Aziz Akhtemov were sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from 13 to 17 years. The charges were fabricated, and during the investigation both those convicted and witnesses in the case were subjected to torture by the FSB
08 Dec, 2022
Moscow activist Mikhail Kriger is a political prisoner
Mikhail Kriger is accused of justifying terrorism in an online post from two years ago
07 Dec, 2022
Three participants in the Mayakovsky poetry readings are political prisoners
Artem Kamardin, Nikolai Daineko and Egor Shtovba are being prosecuted for reading anti-war poetry
13 Oct, 2022
Ten Muslims from Tiumen, sentenced to terms of imprisonment on charges of alleged involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir, are political prisoners
No evidence of terrorism, even of incitement to violence, was presented at their trial
06 Oct, 2022
Three Muslims from Lyantor in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District are political prisoners
Gamid Dataev, Artyom Vatrya and Bekhruz Ganiev are facing trumped up charges of terrorism and also of possession of weapons and drugs.
13 Sep, 2022
Three more of Aleksei Navalny’s supporters, charged with being members of an ‘extremist group’, are political prisoners
Vadim Ostanin and Daniel Kholodny are in custody, while Rustem Muliukov is under house arrest
29 Aug, 2022
Aleksei Fyodorov, a blogger from Kuzbass charged with inciting hatred against law enforcement officers, is a political prisoner
He is under house arrest
11 Aug, 2022
Zarema Musaeva, wife of a retired federal judge and mother of the Yangulbaev brothers active in the Chechen opposition, is a political prisoner
Chechen law enforcement officers took Zarema Musaeva from Nizhny Novgorod to Grozny, where she was remanded in custody on trumped-up charges
14 Jul, 2022
Dmitry Talantov is a political prisoner
President of the Udmurtia Bar Association and a defence lawyer in the case of Ivan Safronov is being prosecuted for statements he published on social networks
30 Jun, 2022
Altan Ochirov and Bulat Shumekov, two opponents of the war against Ukraine accused of spreading ‘fake news’ about the Russian army, are political prisoners
Boris Romanov is a victim of unlawful and politically motivated prosecution
24 Jun, 2022
Mikhail Afanasiev, a journalist from Khakassia, is a political prisoner
Mikhail Afanasiev was remanded in custody on charges of spreading ‘fake news’ about the Russian army for a publication about OMON riot police officers who refused to take part in the ‘special operation’ in Ukraine
21 Jun, 2022
Alberto Giraldo, a Colombian citizen accused of spreading ‘fake news’ about the Russian army, is a political prisoner
According to the investigators, Alberto Giraldo was engaged in mass mailing of messages about crimes of the Russian military in Ukraine
24 May, 2022
Bakhrom Khamroev is a political prisoner
He was remanded in custody on charges of justifying terrorism on account of several Facebook posts discussing religious topics
23 May, 2022
Aleksei Gorinov is a political prisoner
Members of Moscow’s Krasnoselsky district municipal council, Aleksei Gorinov and Elena Kotyonochkina spoke out against the war on Ukraine at a meeting of the council. They now face criminal charges
02 Nov, 2021
Said-Mukhamad Dzhumaev, involved in clashes with police at a protest rally in support of Navalny, is a political prisoner
Said-Mukhamad Dzhumaev was given an unprecedentedly harsh sentence of five years in a penal colony, although no police personnel were injured by his actions
29 Oct, 2021
The criminal case against Aleksei Navalny and his associates for organizing an ‘extremist group’ is politically motivated
We believe the designation of the Anti-Corruption Foundation and other structures run by Navalny as extremist to be unlawful. The organizations did not violate Russian law.
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