All assessments of the criminal prosecution of specific individuals, including the designation of detained persons as political prisoners, reflect the position of our Project. Such assessments are not based on the views and assessments of the individuals being prosecuted, their families, friends or lawyers, and do not imply their consent or approval. The information regarding the facts of specific criminal cases published on our Project’s website has been obtained from public sources and does not imply or require the consent of the individuals mentioned therein or their representatives.
A systems administrator from St Petersburg has been sentenced to three years’ in a general regime penal colony for ‘collusion’ with foreign nationals
29 Aug, 2025
Pavel Gladky is a political prisoner
A Stavropol resident has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of preparing to set fire to a military recruitment office and distributing leaflets with symbols of the Free Russia Legion
26 Aug, 2025
Valery Dobrovolsky is a political prisoner
A 68-year-old native of Ukraine living in Kamchatka has been placed under house arrest on a charge of ‘colluding’ with the Ukrainian Security Service
26 Aug, 2025
Vladimir Zhuravlyov is a political prisoner
A well-known defender of architectural heritage in St. Petersburg has been placed under house arrest on a charge of spreading ‘fake news’ about the Russian army
25 Aug, 2025
Arsen Ablaev is a political prisoner
A Ukrainian citizen has been sentenced to four years and five months in a strict regime penal colony on a charge of participating in the Noman Çelebicihan Battalion
12 Aug, 2025
Sergei Krivosheev is a political prisoner
A resident of Voronezh Oblast has been sentenced to 10 months’ compulsory work on a charge of ‘discrediting’ Russia’s army for a repost on VK
29 Jul, 2025
Maksim Kharitonov is a political prisoner
A student from Kurgan Oblast has been sentenced to five years in a penal colony for corresponding with a ‘Ukrainian organisation’
28 Jul, 2025
Aleksandr Kharlamov is a political prisoner
A resident of Moscow Oblast has been sentenced to five years in a penal colony for ‘collusion’ with foreigners
17 Jan, 2025
Vyacheslav Lutor is a political prisoner
A St. Petersburg resident has been sentenced to 10 years in a strict-regime penal colony on a charge of intending to join the Free Russia Legion
13 Dec, 2024
Sergei Kornilevsky is a political prisoner
A journalist from Birobidzhan has been sentenced to 30 months in a penal colony on a charge justifying terrorism for a comment on Telegram
17 Jul, 2024
Ilya Vasiliev (Arvi the Hacker) is a political prisoner
An IT enthusiast and head of the Buddhist Moscow Zen Centre has been remanded in custody on charges of spreading ‘fake news’ about the Russian army
20 Jun, 2024
Arseny Turbin is a political prisoner
A 15-year-old high school student has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for distributing leaflets criticising Putin
16 May, 2024
Yuri Kokhovets is a political prisoner
He has been sentenced to five years’ compulsory work on a charge of spreading ‘fakes news’ about Russia’s army for criticising the war in a vox pop
09 Apr, 2024
Sergei Veselov is a political prisoner
He has been prosecuted on charges of 'discrediting' the army, vandalism, insulting a judge, and incitement of terrorism for an anti-war protest and social media posts
25 Dec, 2023
Dmitry Morozov is a political prisoner
The military serviceman from Sochi has been sentenced to two years and four months in a penal colony for refusing to return to the war in Ukraine
24 Oct, 2023
Vyacheslav Polkanov is a political prisoner
He has been remanded in custody on charges of repeated 'discrediting' of the Russian army
06 Apr, 2023
Mikhail Simonov is a political prisoner
He was sentenced to 7 years in prison for two anti-war comments on the VK social media network
15 Apr, 2019
Bashkir writer and journalist Airat Dilmukhametov is a political prisoner
Opposition writer and journalist, and a participant in the Bashkir national movement, Airat Dilmukhametov, has been charged with committing a crime under Article 280.1, Section 2, of the Russian Criminal Code
26 Mar, 2019
Mathematician and anarchist Azat Miftakhov is a political prisoner
Azat Miftakhov, a graduate student in the engineering mathematics faculty at Moscow State University and a supporter of anarchist views, is under investigation on two counts
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