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23 Sep, 2025
A court in Mordovia sentenced two Jehovah’s Witnesses to long prison terms
Judge Inna Balyasina found Ivan Neverov and Mikhail Shevchuk guilty of organizing the activities of an extremist organization
18 Sep, 2025
Igor Sapozhnikov is a political prisoner
A resident of Tula Oblast has been sentenced to four years and six months in a penal colony on a charge of making calls to act against Russia's security for reposts on Facebook
16 Sep, 2025
Aleksandr Voevodkin is a political prisoner
A businessman from St. Petersburg has been remanded in custody on charges of collusion with China
12 Sep, 2025
Sergei Mamaev is a political prisoner
An activist from Yoshkar-Ola has been sentenced to two years and eight months’ imprisonment on a charge of involvement in the ‘Navalny Headquarters’
12 Sep, 2025
Five Jehovah’s Witnesses from Saratov Oblast are political prisoners
On the charge of extremism, Mikhail Proshenkov, Aleksei Kazakov, Aleksandr Akelin and Filipp Ombysh have been taken into custody, and Sergei Yefremov has been placed under house arrest.
10 Sep, 2025
Zakhar Petukhov is a political prisoner
A resident of Obninsk has been sentenced to two years of compulsory work in custody for a message he posted about crimes committed by Russian troops in Bucha in a local online forum
09 Sep, 2025
Aleksandr Stalberg is a political prisoner
A former driver for Moscow city public transport was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony on a charge of ‘collusion’ with foreigners
09 Sep, 2025
Yury Kolganov is a political prisoner
A construction worker from Ivanovo was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony for making cryptocurrency donations to the Free Russia Legion
08 Sep, 2025
Veronika Netunaeva is a political prisoner
An official from Uglich, who was a victim of a provocation by the FSB, has been sentenced to six years in a penal colony on a charge of aiding and abetting preparation of an explosion at a hydroelectric power station
04 Sep, 2025
Kateryna Fomenko is a political prisoner
A resident of Sevastopol has been sentenced to five and a half years of imprisonment on a charge of spreading ‘fake news’ about the army
01 Sep, 2025
Dmitry Protopopov, Artyom Vakhlyaev and Pavel Ivanov are political prisoners
Three employees of the publishing house Individuum Print have been charged with extremist activity as members of the so-called ‘international LGBT movement’ for distributing books.
27 Aug, 2025
Ivan Bogdel (Khaitbaev) is a political prisoner
A fashion stylist and owner of the Voronezh nightclub Zebra faces two charges under anti-extremism laws, related to the ‘LGBT movement’
22 Aug, 2025
Oksana Hladkykh is a political prisoner
A Ukrainian woman has been sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment for on a charge of treason against Russia
20 Aug, 2025
Aleksei Ustyuzhin is a political prisoner
A resident of Yekaterinburg has been forcibly detained in a psychiatric hospital after being prosecuted for publicly justifying terrorism
19 Aug, 2025
Oleh Zaklekta and Arkadii Lyubchenko are political prisoners
Two Ukrainian servicemen have been sentenced to long terms of imprisonment for participating in combat operations as members of the Aidar Battalion of the Ukrainian armed forces
18 Aug, 2025
Nikolai Elankin is a political prisoner
The Moscow resident has been jailed for administrative-law offences at least 11 times in a row, and then charged with ‘collusion’ with a foreign state
15 Aug, 2025
Andrei Kitkov is a political prisoner
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
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