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A businessman from Sverdlovsk Oblast has been sentenced to five and a half years in a penal colony for a comment on the bombing of the Crimean Bridge
14 Aug, 2025
Those convicted in the ‘Baymak case’ are political prisoners
Forty-six participants in a public rally in support of opposition figure Fail Alsynov were sentenced to long terms of imprisonment
13 Aug, 2025
Galina Archagova is a political prisoner
A pensioner from Moscow has been committed to a psychiatric hospital after being charged with justifying terrorism and making online calls to engage in extremism
11 Aug, 2025
Lyudmila Tulskaya is a political prisoner
A resident of Saratov has been convicted on a charge of ‘collusion’ with foreigners for allegedly corresponding with the Ukrainian Security Service
08 Aug, 2025
Serhii Chebukin is a political prisoner
A resident of Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast has been sentenced to 12 years and six months in a strict regime penal colony on a charge of treason for making two money transfers
07 Aug, 2025
Eight defendants in the case of the Crimean Bridge bombing are political prisoners
They have been sentenced to life imprisonment for alleged involvement in the explosion on 8 October 2022
06 Aug, 2025
Anton Zaitsev is a political prisoner
A resident of Pskov Oblast has been sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony for attempting to contact the Latvian embassy
05 Aug, 2025
Nikita Prosvirnin is a political prisoner
A former member of the Young Guard of the United Russia party faces up to eight years in a penal colony on a charge of ‘collusion’ with foreigners
04 Aug, 2025
Help Provide Legal Support for Political Prisoners
Every month we fund legal help for political prisoners. We are raising €2800 to cover one month costs of legal aid to political prisoners.
04 Aug, 2025
Anton Grishin is a political prisoner
A member of a district council in Moscow has been sentenced to three and a half years of imprisonment for donating to the Anti-Corruption Foundation
01 Aug, 2025
Vasily Zharkov is a political prisoner
A company manager from Moscow Oblast has been sentenced to 19 years’ imprisonment on charges of preparing sabotage, filming military facilities and having ties to the Free Russia Legion
31 Jul, 2025
Yuriy Zadorozhnyi, Yuriy Sychenko, Ivan Furleta, and Yuriy Khaiuk are political prisoners
Four Ukrainian prisoners of war have been each sentenced to terms of 17 years’ imprisonment on charges of committing an act of terrorism for participating in combat in Russia’s Kursk Oblast
30 Jul, 2025
Maksim Kuznetsov is a political prisoner
A Volgograd resident faces up to eight years’ imprisonment for communicating with a foreigner
30 Jul, 2025
Anton Yevdokimov is a political prisoner
An IT specialist from Moscow has been sentenced to one and a half years’ imprisonment on a charge of justifying terrorism for a comment about the explosion on the Crimean Bridge
25 Jul, 2025
Varvara Lemann is a political prisoner
A shoe saleswoman from St. Petersburg has been sentenced to three years in a penal colony for reposting a video and a comment on Telegram
24 Jul, 2025
Urdash Abdullaev, Zurab Dzhabrailov, Parviz Zeynalov, Mukazhan Ksyupov and Yevgeny Tarasov are political prisoners
Five Muslims have been convicted of extremist activities and sent to penal colonies for studying the books of theologian Said Nursi in Moscow
23 Jul, 2025
Ivan Kveselevych is a political prisoner
A Ukrainian who lived in Kaliningrad has been sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony for collusion with the Ukrainian Security Service
23 Jul, 2025
Vladimir Bairamov is a political prisoner
A resident of Samara has been sentenced to two years in a penal colony for comments posted on VK in 2018 and 2022
22 Jul, 2025
Lev Shlosberg is a political prisoner
The deputy chair of the Yabloko party is being held in custody on three criminal charges
21 Jul, 2025
Aleksandr Germizin is a political prisoner
An activist from Vladimir has been sentenced to two years in a penal colony for two comments on Telegram
18 Jul, 2025
Aleksei Shchus is a political prisoner
An engineer from Sochi has been sentenced to five and a half years in a penal colony on charges of spreading ‘fake news’ about the Russian army and creating ‘projectile weapons’
17 Jul, 2025
1 Jahr Freiheit: Unterstützung für politische Gefangene in Russland, Belarus und den besetzten Gebieten der Ukraine
Zum Jahrestag des Austauschs am 1. August 2024 – zur Unterstützung politischer Gefangener in Russland, Belarus und der Ukraine.
17 Jul, 2025
Yevgeny Bondarenko is a political prisoner
A paintball player from Tula has been sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony for allegedly wanting to join the Azov Regiment and inducing his friend to do the same
16 Jul, 2025
Ruslan Bayazitov is a political prisoner
An entrepreneur has been sentenced to five years in a penal colony for arguing with supporters of the war in an online voice chat
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