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22 Jan, 2026
Crimean political prisoner Tofik Abdulhaziev is losing motor coordination; he was previously diagnosed with a brain tumor
Crimean Tatar Tofik Abdulhaziev, convicted in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case, is in critical condition, he was previously diagnosed with a brain tumor.
21 Jan, 2026
Technician at the Kurchatov Institute faces 8-year prison sentence over anti-war content on a computer forum
Prosecutors have requested an eight-year sentence for physicist Dmitry Bogmut over anti-war content on a forum.
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
14 Jan, 2026
Political prisoner Roman Tyurin died almost a year ago
Roman Tyurin, a political prisoner who was sentenced four times over social media posts, died almost a year ago, on February 17, 2025.
14 Jan, 2026
Prosecutors seek 18-year prison sentence for Tolyatti resident arrested after conversations with a provocateur
The prosecution has requested an 18-year prison sentence for Polina Evtushenko, who is accused of attempting to persuade an acquaintance to join the “Freedom of Russia” Legion.
14 Jan, 2026
Daniil Senko, Ruslan Orlovsky and Ilya Kholopov are political prisoners
Three men have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from six to 12 years on charges of treason and membership of a terrorist organisation for planning to fight on the side of Ukraine
12 Jan, 2026
Three more people convicted in the Baymak prosecution are political prisoners
Participants in a public rally in support of opposition figure Fail Alsynov have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment
30 Dec, 2025
Making Political Repression Visible: Our Work in 2025
2025 marked a further escalation of political repression by the Russian authorities.
30 Dec, 2025
Yevgeny Telegin and Andrei Yermolenkov are political prisoners
Residents of Moscow and Kursk Oblasts were sentenced to terms of nine and a half years and six years in a strict regime penal colony for attempting to join the Free Russia Legion
29 Dec, 2025
Mikhail Lazakovich is a political prisoner
A student from Tver has been sentenced to nine and a half years in a strict regime penal colony for setting fire to a military recruitment centre
26 Dec, 2025
Vladislav Apestin is a political prisoner
A father of four from Moscow Oblast has been sentenced to 4 years’ imprisonment on charges of promoting terrorism for posting a video by the Free Russia Legion on the VK social media site
25 Dec, 2025
Yevgeny Nikiforov, Sergei Borisov and Sergei Chunosov are political prisoners
Residents of Tver, Volgograd and Amur Oblasts have been convicted of treason for allegedly intending to join the Ukrainian armed forces
24 Dec, 2025
Vladimir Belkovich is a political prisoner
A college student from Irkutsk Oblast has been sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment for putting up flyers on the instructions of the Free Russia Legion
23 Dec, 2025
Irakli Khufenia is a political prisoner
The Georgian opposition activist was detained upon entering Russia and sentenced to two years in a penal colony on charges of justifying terrorism
22 Dec, 2025
Rafael Mamedov is a political prisoner
A student from Murmansk has been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment on charges of participating in a terrorist organisation and of high treason for administering the ‘Free Lapland’ Telegram channel
19 Dec, 2025
Sergei Zheleznyakov is a political prisoner
An IT specialist from Kaliningrad has been sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment for allegedly participating in Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, whose leader was received by Putin in the Kremlin
18 Dec, 2025
Kamil Kasimov is a political prisoner
A soldier who refused to fight in Ukraine and left for Kazakhstan was illegally returned to Russia and sentenced to six years in a strict regime penal colony
17 Dec, 2025
Olha Hulchak, Olena Penza and Yuliia Stanika are political prisoners
Three Ukrainian women from Kherson Oblast have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment of up to 12 years six months on charges of financing the Ukrainian armed forces
17 Dec, 2025
Five Members of the ‘Ufa Marxist Circle’ Sentenced to Prison Terms of up to 22 Years
On 16 December, the Central District Military Court found 5 members of a Marxist discussion group from Ufa guilty
16 Dec, 2025
Vakhtangi Rogava is a political prisoner
A St Petersburg actor has been sentenced to three years and six months in a penal colony on a charge of justifying terrorism for a comment on Telegram
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