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Ivan Bezliepkin, Yurii Makarenko, Hlib Petruk, Volodymyr Puzanov and Dmytro Reivakh are political prisoners
Five Ukrainians have been sentenced to long terms of imprisonment for serving in the Donbas-Ukraine Battalion
25 Nov, 2025
Anton Zhigalov, Aleksei Kuznetsov, and Konstantin Mikheev are political prisoners
Three more people have been deprived of liberty on a charge of financing the Anti-Corruption Foundation
21 Nov, 2025
Seven Azov Battalion soldiers are political prisoners
Ukrainian prisoners of war have been given long prison sentences for having served in the National Guard
20 Nov, 2025
Sergei Ganin is a political prisoner
A construction worker from Nizhny Novgorod has been sentenced to nine years in a penal colony for alleged participation in the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps in 2015
11 Nov, 2025
Dmitry Seleznyov is a political prisoner
A chef has been sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment on a charge of attempting to poison Russian soldiers with water from a field kitchen
10 Nov, 2025
Mikhail Koval, Nadezhda Ukhova, and Viktoriia Brazhnik are political prisoners
Parishioners of the Vozrozhdenie (Revival) Church have been charged with involvement in an ‘undesirable organisation’ for religious gatherings and donations
07 Nov, 2025
Vasyl Bovkun, Oleksandr Maksymchuk, Anton Saikhiev, and Artur Tkachenko are political prisoners
Four Ukrainian military servicemen have been sentenced to terms ranging from 18 to 20 years in a strict regime penal colony for serving in the Azov Battalion
05 Nov, 2025
Dmitry Prokhorenko is a political prisoner
A Rostelecom employee has been sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment on charges of sabotage and treason
01 Nov, 2025
Mykola Lenytskyi is a political prisoner
A Ukrainian citizen from Kherson Oblast has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment for publishing a video about the death of civilians in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast
31 Oct, 2025
Konstantin Sereda is a political prisoner
A resident of Rostov has been sentenced to four years in a strict regime penal colony for attempting to join the Free Russia Legion
30 Oct, 2025
Vadym Tyvonenko, Oleh Doha, Vladyslav Hurin and Zoltan Bodok are political prisoners
Four Ukrainian prisoners of war have been sentenced to long terms of imprisonment for serving in the Aidar Battalion
29 Oct, 2025
Yekaterina Yegorova is a political prisoner
A resident of Zabaikalsky Krai has been sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment for donating to the Ukrainian armed forces
29 Oct, 2025
Turan Ustyugov is a political prisoner
A 19-year-old citizen of Kazakhstan has been sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment for attempting to join the Russian Volunteer Corps
28 Oct, 2025
Andrei Voronin is a political prisoner
An activist from Samara has been sentenced to more than 15 years’ imprisonment on three convictions and seven charges
28 Oct, 2025
Vadim Tomilov is a political prisoner
A high school student in Sverdlovsk Oblast has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment for intending to join the Russian Volunteer Corps
27 Oct, 2025
Aleksei Giletin is a political prisoner
A resident of Murmansk has been sentenced to 11 years in a penal colony for corresponding with an alleged representative of the Free Russia Legion and filming military facilities
24 Oct, 2025
Dmitry Denisov is a political prisoner
A Stalinist from St. Petersburg has been convicted on a charge of ‘rehabilitating Nazism’ for comparing Putin to Hitler
23 Oct, 2025
Pavel Syutkin is a political prisoner
An historian of Russian cuisine has been remanded in custody for anti-war posts on Telegram
23 Oct, 2025
Viktor Nikitin is a political prisoner
A Khabarovsk resident has been sentenced to five years in a penal colony on a charge of ‘collusion’ with foreigners
22 Oct, 2025
Grigory Skvortsov is a political prisoner
A photographer and musician from Perm has been sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime penal colony on a charge of treason for passing publicly available materials about Moscow's underground bunkers to a foreign journalist
22 Oct, 2025
Serhii Ivashchenko is a political prisoner
A former member of the Ukrainian military has been convicted on charges of participating in a terrorist group for having served in the Aidar Battalion
21 Oct, 2025
Maksim Kruglov is a political prisoner
The deputy chair of the Yabloko party has been sentenced to 7 years’ imprisonment on a charge of spreading ‘fake news’ about the Russian army for posts about Bucha and Mariupol
20 Oct, 2025
Aleksandr Sokolovsky is a political prisoner
A blogger from Zelenograd has been sentenced to four years’ compulsory work in a correctional facility on charges of ‘denigrating and insulting participants in the Special Military Operation’
17 Oct, 2025
Ruslan Gornostaev is a political prisoner
An entrepreneur from Oryol region has been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for making donations to the Free Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps
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