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06 Jul, 2026
Pensioner whose symptoms of dementia are worsening has her sentence increased for donating to the Ukrainian army
Halyna Bekhter, a 68-year-old resident of the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Oblast, has had her sentence increased from eleven to twelve and a half years.
06 Jul, 2026
Ukrainian prisoner of war sentenced to 28 years develops gangrene in his arm
Ukrainian prisoner of war Denis Dorokhin has developed gangrene in the arm in which he was wounded in 2022.
06 Jul, 2026
Thirteen years for a Russian citizen who had lived in Ukraine over money transfers, twenty-seven years for a Ukrainian prisoner of war with Russian citizenship convicted of state treason and terrorism
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised last week
02 Jul, 2026
Oleg Roldugin is a political prisoner
An investigative journalist faces up to six years in prison for using data lookup bots in his reporting
01 Jul, 2026
Nizhny Novgorod activist sentenced to two years for posts about Alexei Navalny and reposting ACF content
Nizhny Novgorod activist Tatyana Arshinova has been sentenced to two years in a general-regime penal colony after being convicted of participation in Alexei Navalny's 'extremist' organisations.
30 Jun, 2026
Semyon Kravchenko is a political prisoner
A Russian citizen who came under Russian shelling in Ukraine and later travelled to Russia from Norway was sentenced to 14 years in a strict-regime penal colony for donations to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
29 Jun, 2026
Former Kurchatov Institute physicist Dmitry Bogmut, convicted over anti-war comments, loses consciousness for the second time during prison roll call
Former Kurchatov Institute employee Dmitry Bogmut has once again lost consciousness during roll call at his penal colony.
29 Jun, 2026
Orenburg bar Pose owner and staff sentenced to up to seven years for alleged involvement in the ‘LGBT movement’
Vyacheslav Khasanov, the owner of Orenburg bar Pose, has been sentenced to 7 years in a penal colony, the bar's administrator Diana Kamilyanova to 6 years and 3 months, and art director Alexander Klimov to 2 years and 3 months.
28 Jun, 2026
Five and a half years for a wheelchair user over a comment, and fourteen years for a Ukrainian-born man over plans to join the Ukrainian armed forces and for ‘justifying terrorism’
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised last week
26 Jun, 2026
Voronezh man sentenced to nine years after spending a year under extradition arrest in Kazakhstan
Pavel Vladimirov has been sentenced to nine years' imprisonment for attempting to join the Ukrainian army. Earlier he spent twelve months in custody in Kazakhstan.
26 Jun, 2026
Aleksandr Krichevsky is a political prisoner
A disabled system administrator from Izhevsk was sentenced to 5.5 years over a comment. His elderly mother was placed in a care home after his arrest and died there
25 Jun, 2026
Irkutsk man with epilepsy and a tracheostomy sentenced to fifteen years for treason
Dmitry Rupenko, who was detained after filming near an aviation plant, has been sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment.
24 Jun, 2026
Yabloko deputy chairman Maksim Kruglov sentenced to seven years for posts about Bucha and Mariupol
Prosecutor Yulia Guznyayeva had sought a sentence of eight years
22 Jun, 2026
Up to ten years in a penal colony for young men incited to commit arson by a female FSB agent, and twelve years for a young female courier over links to the Freedom of Russia Legion
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised last week
17 Jun, 2026
St Petersburg land registry employee sentenced to five years for comment on Belgorod residents sheltering from Russian missiles
Sergei Suptelya, an employee of Rosreestr, has been sentenced to five years in a penal colony under Russia’s law on military ‘fakes’.
17 Jun, 2026
Enemies, not criminals
We are publishing an analytical overview of the tightening of penalties and discussing the legal mechanisms the state is using to achieve this
15 Jun, 2026
A year for spitting in a box and 13 years for graffiti
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised last week
11 Jun, 2026
Vitalii Trofymchuk is a political prisoner
A 19-year-old disabled resident of the occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast was sentenced to 5.5 years in prison for Telegram comments
10 Jun, 2026
Nikita Voitsekhovsky and Dmytry Ionov are political prisoners
A Moscow student and a football fan from the Moscow Oblast were accused of collaborating with the Russian Volunteer Corps over graffiti
08 Jun, 2026
Journalist from Mari El arrested over discussion of First Chechen War in online chat
Aleksei Seryogin, an independent journalist from Yoshkar-Ola, was remanded in custody. He faces charges of justification of terrorism.
07 Jun, 2026
Five years for a father of five over a comment about the Russian Volunteer Corps, 28 years for a Colombian paramedic who served in the Ukrainian armed forces
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised last week
05 Jun, 2026
Kaliningrad lawyer sentenced to one year in penal colony for 500-rouble transfer to Anti-Corruption Foundation
Vladimir Sorokin, a lawyer, has been sentenced to one year in a colony and was remanded in custody on a charge of financing extremism.
05 Jun, 2026
Denis Bushtet is a political prisoner
A cossack from Primorsky krai was sentenced to 13 years for treason for telling a Ukrainian volunteer about volunteers who had gone to war
04 Jun, 2026
Nikolai Gaiduk is a political prisoner
A German citizen of Ukrainian origin was detained while entering Kaliningrad Region, allegedly framed with explosives, tortured, and accused of a terrorist attack
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