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Mediazona’s Elizaveta Nesterova talks about Alexei Gorinov, a scientist, a city councillor and the first person to receive prison time for spreading “fake news” about the Russian army

A nurse from St. Petersburg has been sentenced to eight years in a strict-regime penal colony on charges of attempted terrorism and treason for wanting to set fire to a military recruitment centre

A journalist from Birobidzhan has been sentenced to 30 months in a penal colony on a charge justifying terrorism for a comment on Telegram

Last week, a court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Ukrainian prisoner of war Oleksandr Maksymchuk to 20 years in a maximum security prison.

An art teacher from Lipetsk has been sentenced to 20 years in a strict-regime penal colony for transferring money to his cousin in Ukraine

A Saratov resident has been sentenced to five years in a strict-regime penal colony on a charge of attempting to join the Free Russia Legion

An employee of a travel agency from Tolyatti has been sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment on a charge of terrorism for setting fire to the front door of the city council building

A worker at the Novovoronezh nuclear power plant has been sentenced to 22.5 years’ imprisonment on fabricated charges of sabotage and treason

Four Ukrainians from Luhansk Oblast, three of whom have disabilities, have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment for having served in the Aidar Battalion in 2014-2017

The number of Russians who find themselves behind bars for opposing authorities who launched the war with Ukraine grows by day.

A Ukrainian prisoner of war with Russian citizenship has been sentenced to 11 years and 11 months of imprisonment

A 19-year-old Ukrainian prisoner of war has been sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment for serving in the Azov Brigade

A businessman from Barnaul has been sentenced to six years in a penal colony on a charge of justifying terrorism for publications on Telegram

A resident of Altai Krai was convicted on a charge of terrorism and sentenced to six years in a penal colony for reposting texts by Arkady Babchenko on Telegram

A programmer from Moscow was convicted on a charge of treason and sentenced to 12 years in a penal colony for transferring $60 to Ukraine

An associate professor at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University faces up to six years’ imprisonment for posting Ukrainian songs on the VK social media site

A Moscow battle rapper of Kyrgyz origin has been sentenced to 20 months in a penal colony for inciting hatred against Russians

In Moscow’s Tushinsky District Court, the trial of paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova nears its conclusion

A Moscow resident faces up to 10 years’ imprisonment for anti-war posts on the VK social media platform

A Ukrainian soldier has been charged with involvement in a terrorist group

A French citizen has been sentenced to three years in a penal colony for research work conducted without registration as a ‘foreign agent’

A Ukrainian soldier has been sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for attempting to raise the Ukrainian flag in Crimea

A resident of Norilsk was sentenced to 6 years in a penal colony for spreading 'fake news' about the Russian army in Facebook posts

On Russian Political Prisoners Day, October 30th, we are launching a campaign to raise 2.6 million roubles (€24,160) for those unjustly imprisoned.