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A 66-year-old resident of the Leningrad Oblast was sentenced to five and a half years in prison for comments posted in the Telegram channel of a Ukrainian publicist
13 May, 2026
Tatiana Arshinova is a political prisoner
A civic activist from Nizhny Novgorod faces up to 25 years in prison for posts about Aleksei Navalny and anti-war slogans
12 May, 2026
Five Years for ‘They Are Heroes’ and Fourteen for a 400-Rouble Transfer
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised this week
07 May, 2026
Valentin Zemlyansky, Anton Yartsev, and Aleksandr Shcheglov are political prisoners
Moscow residents convicted over business cards with a QR code for donations to the Ukrainian Armed Forces left in a club. They say they intended to expose the venue’s owners
05 May, 2026
Mykola Petrovskyi and Serhii Kotov are political prisoners
Ukrainians from Kherson Oblast sentenced to 16 and 15 years in a maximum-security penal colony for sharing open-source information about Russian troops
30 Apr, 2026
Prison sentences for comments about Ildar Dadin and online banners in support of Ukraine
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised this week
27 Apr, 2026
Twelve years for ‘treason’ against a foreign state, and thirteen for a bus stop inscription
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20 Apr, 2026
Five years for advising the FSB on how to bomb the Crimean Bridge, 13 years for mother’s correspondence with her son, and 16 for assisting Ukrainian forces
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised this week
13 Apr, 2026
Cases against Melitopol journalists, a monk’s sentence, and prosecutions over alleged links to the ‘Freedom of Russia’ Legion
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised this week
03 Apr, 2026
From forced psychiatric treatment to long prison terms: new political prisoners
Among those recognised as political prisoners are individuals sentenced to lengthy prison terms, or subjected to compulsory psychiatric treatment, for comments, small financial transfers, or alleged links to Ukrainian units
27 Mar, 2026
Repressions for alleged assistance to Ukrainian intelligence, sentences for public statements, and prosecutions over calls to release prisoners
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised this week
20 Mar, 2026
From an electromechanic to a nuclear physicist: new political prisoners named this week
Among those recognised as political prisoners are a disparate group of individuals: from a metallurgist and an electromechanic prosecuted under terrorism charges to a nuclear physicist and a regional official accused of financing Ukraine’s armed forces.
13 Mar, 2026
From anti-war commentators to Ukrainian POWs: new political prisoners
Among those recognised as political prisoners are individuals targeted for speaking out against the war, alongside Ukrainian servicemen held in Russian custody
10 Mar, 2026
Dmitry Salikhov is a political prisoner
An entrepreneur from Vladivostok was sentenced to two years in prison over a WhatsApp status
06 Mar, 2026
From former ‘Aidar’ fighters to Crimean Tatars: new political prisoners
Among those recognised as political prisoners are former members of Ukrainian units, Crimean Tatars, and Russian citizens accused of intending to fight for Ukraine. All of the cases are linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
04 Mar, 2026
Yury Belenky is a political prisoner
An IT specialist who had been living in Bulgaria was arrested in Moscow on charges of financing terrorism after allegedly making a transfer to Arkady Babchenko
03 Mar, 2026
Ihor Bunin is a political prisoner
A resident of Sevastopol was sentenced to 15 years in a maximum-security penal colony for 'high treason' after allegedly sharing coordinates of military facilities that are publicly available
27 Feb, 2026
Sergei Samoilov, Nikita Malsagov, and Kirill Kostygov are political prisoners
Three men were charged with financing the Ukrainian armed forces; two have already been sentenced to long terms of imprisonment
26 Feb, 2026
Mariia Makhmutova is a political prisoner
The blogger, who criticised Russia Day, was sentenced to a low-security penal colony for allegedly insulting and assaulting police officers
25 Feb, 2026
Arina Ivanova is a political prisoner
An animal rights activist from Novokuznetsk was sentenced to five years in a penal colony on a charge of spreading ‘fake news’ about the Russian army for a post about Bucha
24 Feb, 2026
Andrii Haiduchenko, Vitalii Kononenko, Serhii Kozinskyi and Volodymyr Shevchenko are political prisoners
Four Ukrainians were sentenced to terms of imprisonment for serving in the Aidar Battalion
20 Feb, 2026
Tatyana Solntseva, Charaz Akimov and Aleksandr Krechetov are political prisoners
Residents of Barnaul, occupied Yalta, and Novokuznetsk have been charged with ‘collusion with foreigners’
19 Feb, 2026
Danila Bargrov and Yeva Bagrova are political prisoners
Last year, a 19-year-old man and his 17-year-old sister were sentenced to nine and four years of imprisonment, respectively, on charges of collaborating with the Russian Volunteer Corps
18 Feb, 2026
Eight prisoners of war from the Aidar Battalion are political prisoners
Eight Ukrainians have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from 13 to 20 years on charges of ‘participation in a terrorist organization’ for serving in the Ukrainian armed forces
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