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 construction worker from Kostroma was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for messaging an FSB agent pretending to be a representative of Ukraine
29 May, 2025
Andrei Shabanov is a political prisoner
A saxophone player from Samara has been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for a Facebook post
28 May, 2025
Pavel Yelmanov is a political prisoner
A Moscow Oblast resident was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment on charges of attempting to join the Azov Battalion, justifying terrorism, and possessing ammunition
28 May, 2025
Ivan Tolpygin is a political prisoner
A resident of Oryol has been sentenced to four years in a penal colony for correspondence with an FSB agent pretending to be a representative of Ukraine
27 May, 2025
Angel Nikolaev is a political prisoner
A Khabarovsk resident has been sentenced to almost 15 years’ imprisonment for setting fire to a military recruitment office and defacing pro-war symbols
26 May, 2025
Urgent appeal: help Ukrainian prisoners in Russia
We are launching an emergency fundraising campaign to support Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia. Your donations will help cover legal fees and provide humanitarian aid.
23 May, 2025
Ilya Yuzhakov is a political prisoner
A resident of Tuapse was sentenced to three years’ compulsory work in custody for comments about Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities
22 May, 2025
Nikita Chernichkin is a political prisoner
An animal rights activist from Ryazan has been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for comments on Odnoklassniki
22 May, 2025
Vasily Bozhovsky is a political prisoner
A Moscow-based marketing specialist faces up to five years’ imprisonment on a charge of spreading ‘fake news’ about the Russian army
21 May, 2025
We publish a report ‘Political Prisoners and Political Repression in Russia in 2024’
Due to the aggressive war against Ukraine, repression in Russia is becoming more and more widespread and brutal, but it becomes increasingly difficult to collect information about it
21 May, 2025
Pavel Pishchulin is a political prisoner
An activist from Penza has been sentenced to five years in a penal colony for allegedly corresponding with representatives of the Ukrainian security services
20 May, 2025
Oleg Savvin is a political prisoner
A Kaliningrad activist faces up to 10 years’ imprisonment for an anti-war online comment made three years ago
19 May, 2025
Ioann, Aleksei and Timofei Ashcheulov are political prisoners
Three sons of a priest have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment of up to 17.5 years for attempting to join the Free Russia Legion
19 May, 2025
Nikolai Usov is a political prisoner
An activist from Barnaul has been sentenced to one year and seven months’ compulsory work in custody for repeated ‘discrediting’ of the army
16 May, 2025
Yekaterina Fatyanova is a political prisoner
A Krasnoyarsk activist has been sentenced to two years of compulsory work in custody for ‘discrediting’ the army for publications in a local communist newspaper
15 May, 2025
Gleb Troitsky is a political prisoner
A Moscow resident was remanded in custody on charges of preparing to take part in the activities of a terrorist organisation and to commit treason
14 May, 2025
Liudmyla Honchar, Dmitry Marsov and Timur Magomedov are political prisoners
A Ukrainian national and two Russians have been remanded in custody on charges of making donations to Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation
14 May, 2025
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov is a political prisoner
A resident of Tatarstan was sentenced to nine years in a penal colony on a charge of attempting to join the Free Russia Legion
13 May, 2025
Mikhail Ishchenko is a political prisoner
A warehouse worker has been sentenced to 10 years in a strict regime penal colony for setting fire to the Russian flag and intending to join the Russian Volunteer Corps
13 May, 2025
Aleksandr Kraichik is a political prisoner
A Moscow resident has been sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony for donating €50 to support the Ukrainian armed forces
12 May, 2025
Arsen and Ablyamet Memetshaev are political prisoners
Two brothers from Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast have been sentenced to five years in a strict regime penal colony on a charge of involvement in the Crimean Tatar Noman Çelebicihan Battalion
07 May, 2025
Mark Lishchynskyi and Volodymyr Tkhor are political prisoners
Two Ukrainians have been sentenced to 18 and five and a half years’ imprisonment for serving in the Azov Regiment
07 May, 2025
Andrei Kozlovsky and Daniil Golikov are political prisoners
Two young Moscow residents have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment for damaging an unofficial memorial ‘to all those who died during the Russian Spring and the Special Military Operation’
06 May, 2025
Valery Zaitsev and Nikita Turlaev are political prisoners
Two teenagers from Khabarovsk Krai have been convicted on terrorism charges and sentenced to terms of up to 11 years in strict regime penal colonies
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