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A student who travelled from Germany to Russia on vacation has been sentenced to six years in a penal colony for comments in support of the Free Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps
16 Feb, 2026
Konstantin Shukhanov is a political prisoner
A resident of Irkutsk Oblast has been sentenced to seven and a half years in a penal colony on charges of justifying terrorism and inciting extremism for comments online
13 Feb, 2026
Fourteen Ukrainian soldiers from the Noman Çelebicihan 48th Separate Assault Battalion are political prisoners
Fourteen Ukrainian prisoners of war have been sentenced on terrorism charges to terms of imprisonment ranging from 14 to 20 years
12 Feb, 2026
Aleksei Dekhonov, Ivan Shcherbakov, and Maksim Podterebkov are political prisoners
Residents of Khabarovsk Krai, Krasnoyarsk Krai, and Khakassia have been sentenced to terms of up to 13 years in strict regime penal colonies for financing the Ukrainian armed forces
11 Feb, 2026
Ramil Damirov and Kallibek Eseniyazov are political prisoners
A native of Azerbaijan and a citizen of Uzbekistan have been sentenced to terms of nine and seven years in a strict regime penal colony for attempting to join the Free Russia Legion
10 Feb, 2026
Aleksei Sokolov is a political prisoner
The human rights activist from Yekaterinburg has once again been remanded in custody; this time on a charge of treason for defending prisoners’ rights
09 Feb, 2026
Dariia Yegereva and Eduard Baltykov are political prisoners
The Selkup human rights defender and the Kalmyk activist have been remanded in custody on charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation
06 Feb, 2026
Konstantin Bernatov is a political prisoner
A resident of Stavropol Krai has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment for making donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation
05 Feb, 2026
Aleksandr Kachkurkin is a political prisoner
An IT specialist with dual Ukrainian and Russian citizenship was deported from Kazakhstan to Russia where he was remanded in custody on a charge of treason
04 Feb, 2026
Gennady Novitsky, Vladimir Khvan and Magomed Kurabegov are political prisoners
Three men were convicted on charges of collusion with foreign nationals
03 Feb, 2026
Yevgeny Melikhov is a political prisoner
A man from Chelyabinsk has been sentenced to five and a half years in a penal colony for the online comment ‘Death to Putin’
02 Feb, 2026
Hennadii Osmak and Nariman Abliazov are political prisoners
A journalist and a businessman, both residents of Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast, have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment of up to three and a half years in a strict regime penal colony on charges of participating in the Çelebicihan Battalion
30 Jan, 2026
The Kherson Nine are political prisoners
Nine Ukrainians were abducted during the Russian occupation of Kherson and sentenced to long terms of imprisonment on charges of terrorism
29 Jan, 2026
Mikhail Loshchinin is a political prisoner
A citizen of both Russia and Belgium who travelled to Russia to visit his father was sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment on charges of treason for transferring €30 to an acquaintance in Ukraine
28 Jan, 2026
Artyom Skakalin and Anatoly Poplavsky are political prisoners
A caretaker from Tambov and an employee of an oil and gas company from Moscow have been convicted for allegedly attempting to join the Free Russia Legion
27 Jan, 2026
Sergei Salazkin, Yaroslav Bykov and Yegor Gulyaev are political prisoners
Three individuals from Orenburg, Moscow and St Petersburg are being prosecuted under the law on ‘fake news’ about the Russian army
26 Jan, 2026
Leonid Melyokhin is a political prisoner
A political activist from Perm, denied asylum in the United States and deported to Russia, has been remanded in custody on a charge of justifying terrorism
23 Jan, 2026
Vladislav Timofeev is a political prisoner
A 19-year-old from Pskov was sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony for comments on Telegram about the war, the Azov Battalion and the Russian Volunteer Corps
22 Jan, 2026
Leonid Kats is a political prisoner
A mathematician has been charged with treason for donating to a Ukrainian charity
21 Jan, 2026
Leonid Yudin, Andrei Morozov and Vladislav Sevostyanikhin are political prisoners
Three young people - from Buryatia, Leningrad Oblast and Moscow - have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from 10 to 13 years on charges of attempting to join the Free Russia Legion
20 Jan, 2026
Olga Ogarkova is a political prisoner
A resident of Chita has been sentenced to five years in a penal colony on a charge of issuing calls to engage in terrorism for emotional comments on Telegram
19 Jan, 2026
Andrei Glukhov is a political prisoner
A 20-year-old student with cerebral palsy has been sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony for transferring 1,450 roubles to Ukraine to support a petition calling for an end to the war
16 Jan, 2026
Danil Likhanov is a political prisoner
A man from Novosibirsk has been sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment for donating to the Russian Volunteer Corps and for reposting a call to donate to this unit
15 Jan, 2026
Aleksei Sobolev is a political prisoner
A resident of Komi was sentenced to six years in a penal colony for comments made online; his father, who went to fight in the war in the hope of helping his son, was killed
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