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17 Sep, 2026
Pensioner using crutches in occupied Tokmak sentenced to 12 years for financing the Ukrainian Armed Forces
A 69-year-old resident of Tokmak, in the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, has been sentenced to 12 years in a general-regime penal colony on charges of financing the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
16 Sep, 2026
Political prisoner Dmitry Lyamin sentenced to 17 years over conversations in penal colony
Political prisoner Dmitry Lyamin has been handed a second sentence in a case over inducing a fellow prisoner to join the Ukraine army.
16 Sep, 2026
Philosopher and sociologist from Komi sentenced to seven years over project to develop opposition media and protect Indigenous peoples
Nikolai Zyuzev, an academic with Russian and Canadian citizenship, was sentenced to 7 years in a high-security penal colony on charges of high treason.
15 Sep, 2026
Russian cuisine historian sentenced to six years over Bucha massacre post
Pavel Syutkin, a historian of Russian cuisine and writer, has been sentenced to six years in a penal colony for spreading military 'fake news'.
15 Sep, 2026
Chechen activist Mansur Movlayev, awaiting extradition from Kazakhstan, attempts suicide
Mansur Movlayev has attempted suicide in a pre-trial detention centre in Almaty, where he is being held pending extradition to Russia.
15 Sep, 2026
Artyom Khoroshilov is a political prisoner
Physicist from Moscow sentenced to 21 years in prison on charges of a DDoS attack, preparing an act of sabotage and making transfers to Ukraine
15 Sep, 2026
Translator from Irkutsk Oblast who tried to reach her partner in Ukraine has sentence increased
Svetlana Savelyeva, convicted over her attempt to travel to Ukraine, has had her sentence increased by two months on appeal.
15 Sep, 2026
Zabaykalsky Krai resident sentenced to six years over comments on Ukrainian organisations and the Second World War
Purbotsyren Sangadeyev, a resident of Zabaykalsky Krai, has been sentenced to six years in a general-regime penal colony over comments.
14 Sep, 2026
5.5 years on ‘fake news’ charges for mother of an infant, 12 years over reposts and a criminal case over Zoom conferences
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised last week
11 Sep, 2026
Eighteen-month-old daughter of Crimean woman Oleksandra Strilets, convicted of high treason, dies
The eighteen-month-old daughter of Oleksandra Strilets, a Crimean resident convicted of high treason, died the day after being discharged from the hospital where she had remained since birth.
10 Sep, 2026
Husband and wife from Melitopol sentenced to 20 and 18 years over alleged bombing and poisoning plot
Gennady and Olga Kapralov, residents of occupied Melitopol, have been sentenced to 20 and 18 years' imprisonment, respectively.
09 Sep, 2026
Uglich resident convicted over enlistment office arson given new sentence, pushing back his release by around six years
Political prisoner Denis Popov was handed a new sentence over comments on YouTube that he allegedly wrote while in a penal colony.
08 Sep, 2026
Sentenced to 14 years for photographing the graves of Russian troops: Yaroslavl resident convicted of high treason
Nikolai Shcherbakov who the prosecution alleged had been collecting information about the graves of Russian troops, has been sentenced to 14 years in a high-security penal colony.
08 Sep, 2026
Former co-chair of Samara PARNAS branch has spent more than 130 days in a punitive isolation cell
Andrei Balin, former co-chair of the Samara branch of PARNAS and now imprisoned over anti-war posts, has spent more than 130 days in a punitive isolation cell.
07 Sep, 2026
Support political prisoners after release
Собираем средства для политзаключённых, которые скоро освобождаются из тюрьмы. Деньги нужны на оплату проезда домой, покупку жизненно важных вещей на первое время и устройство быта сразу после выхода из заключения.
07 Sep, 2026
Resident of occupied Chaplynka sentenced to 16 years on charges of cooperating with Ukrainian intelligence. His wife was previously sentenced to 12 years over donations to the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Volodymyr Hulchak, a resident of the Russian-occupied part of Kherson Oblast, has been sentenced to 16 years on a charge of high treason.
07 Sep, 2026
Elista civic activist placed under house arrest for comparing Soviet soldiers involved in the deportation of the Kalmyks to Nazis
Boris Todaev, editor-in-chief of the unregistered newspaper Narn, has been placed under house arrest over an article about the deportation of the Kalmyk people.
07 Sep, 2026
Five years for two comments about drones, and 20 years for serving in a Crimean Tatar battalion
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised last week
04 Sep, 2026
Igor Ranav is a political prisoner
Chukotka businessman and public figure sentenced to two years in a penal settlement for posting an image with the St. George ribbon
04 Sep, 2026
Former journalist from Melitopol sentenced to 15 years on espionage charges
Iryna Levchenko, a 64-year-old former journalist from Melitopol, has been sentenced to 15 years on espionage charges.
03 Sep, 2026
23-year-old Ukrainian from Kherson Oblast sentenced to five and a half years over ‘fake news’ about the Russian army
According to the prosecution, in August and September 2023 Tetiana Shevchenko posted comments in the Telegram chat 'Nova Kakhovka Chat'
03 Sep, 2026
Olga Archibasova — a political prisoner
Activist from Altai Krai remanded in custody over a music video for the song 'The Internationale'
02 Sep, 2026
Russian–Swedish national sentenced to 14 years in a penal colony for transferring money to a Ukrainian serviceman via Revolut after three months of ‘carousel’ detentions
Maksim Artyomov, a 48-year-old dual Russian and Swedish national, has been sentenced to 14 years in a penal colony on a charge of high treason
01 Sep, 2026
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Melitopol resident accused of preparing a terrorist attack tells court of electric shock torture and ‘some kind of injections’
53-year-old Melitopol resident Olga Kapralova, who is accused of preparing an act of terrorism, described being abducted and tortured
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