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28 May, 2026
Artyom Basyrov is a political prisoner
A resident of Kemerovo was sentenced to 12 years and 3 months as a result of provocations: he allegedly wanted to join the Freedom of Russia Legion and spoke about it while in pre-trial detention.
27 May, 2026
Ukrainian woman whose partner died at Azovstal sentenced to fourteen years in a penal colony
Anna Belyayeva, a resident of the occupied city of Berdiansk, has been sentenced to 14n years in a penal colony on espionage charges.
26 May, 2026
Gennady Artyomenko is a political prisoner
A military pensioner from Nizhny Novgorod Region was sentenced to 18 years for anti-war leaflets and correspondence with the Ukrainian movement Atesh
25 May, 2026
Ukrainian pensioner jailed for donating to the Ukrainian army may be developing dementia in custody
Halyna Bekhter, 68, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison for donating to the Ukrainian army, is experiencing a rapid deterioration in her mental and physical health at Remand Prison.
25 May, 2026
Months in punishment cells, medication withheld, frozen during exercise — Bakhrom Khamroyev’s wife speaks out about conditions at Kharp
The health of human rights defender Bakhrom Khamroyev is deteriorating at Polar Owl penal colony due to lack of medical care and harsh conditions.
25 May, 2026
Teenagers on trial on terrorism charges, a Ukrainian lawyer forced to dig trenches, and a preacher
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised last week
22 May, 2026
Yevhen Ilchenko is a political prisoner
In July 2022, a lawyer from occupied Melitopol was abducted by Russian security forces. He has remained behind bars ever since without any known formal charges
20 May, 2026
Dmitry Arkhipov is a political prisoner
A janitor from the Omsk Oblast was sentenced to 11 years in prison on charges of financing and justifying terrorism over an Instagram post
19 May, 2026
Nurse from Horlivka sentenced to five tears for absence without leave from the Russian army
Darya Bezruchko, a nurse from the Russian-occupied part of Donetsk region, was sentenced to five years in a general-regime penal colony for unauthorised absence from a military unit.
19 May, 2026
Sergei Torop (Vissarion), Vladimir Vedernikov, and Vadim Redkin are political prisoners
Leaders of the 'Church of the Last Testament' were sentenced to up to 12 years in a strict-regime colony for allegedly causing psychological harm to members of their community
18 May, 2026
Andrei Padalka, charged with treason, reports self-harm after alleged abuse in Irkutsk remand prison
Andrei Padalka, a 53-year-old man charged with treason, has written an open letter describing alleged abuse at Irkutsk Remand Prison.
18 May, 2026
Sabotage Case Against a Syrian War Veteran and Treason Charges Against Entrepreneurs of Ukrainian Origin
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised this week
15 May, 2026
A Perm resident arrested for transferring 3,000 rubles to support the Ukrainian army
On May 9, Dmitry Ermakov, an operator at an oil company in Perm, was remanded in custody in a case concerning financial assistance to the Ukrainian army
15 May, 2026
Aleksandr Titov is a political prisoner
A 66-year-old resident of the Leningrad Oblast was sentenced to five and a half years in prison for comments posted in the Telegram channel of a Ukrainian publicist
14 May, 2026
Two defendants in the ‘Ural Human Rights Defenders’ case have had their restrictive measures eased
Legal expert Larisa Zakharova has been released from a pre-trial detention facility in Yekaterinburg, defence lawyer Roman Kachanov — was released from house arrest.
13 May, 2026
Tatiana Arshinova is a political prisoner
A civic activist from Nizhny Novgorod faces up to 25 years in prison for posts about Aleksei Navalny and anti-war slogans
12 May, 2026
Five Years for ‘They Are Heroes’ and Fourteen for a 400-Rouble Transfer
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised this week
07 May, 2026
Valentin Zemlyansky, Anton Yartsev, and Aleksandr Shcheglov are political prisoners
Moscow residents convicted over business cards with a QR code for donations to the Ukrainian Armed Forces left in a club. They say they intended to expose the venue’s owners
07 May, 2026
Russian artist jailed for anti-war satire dies in custody
Vladimir Yarotsky, a political prisoner and artist from the Kuban region, has died in custody following what has been described as sustained administrative pressure.
05 May, 2026
Stavropol bikers sentenced to seven years as third defendant dies after alleged torture
Two defendants in the ‘Stavropol bikers’ case have been sentenced to seven years each. A third defendant, Kirill Buzmakov, died in July 2024.
05 May, 2026
MSU postgraduate Azat Miftakhov details state sanctioned torture at Polar Owl penal colony
MSU postgraduate Azat Miftakhov was tortured at Polar Owl penal colony.
05 May, 2026
Mykola Petrovskyi and Serhii Kotov are political prisoners
Ukrainians from Kherson Oblast sentenced to 16 and 15 years in a maximum-security penal colony for sharing open-source information about Russian troops
04 May, 2026
Sixteen men detained in Karachay-Cherkessia over LGBTQ dating group as organiser faces extremism charges
Sixteen men have been detained in Karachay-Cherkessia following a targeted crackdown on an LGBTQ dating group, one of them faces extremism charges.
30 Apr, 2026
Prison sentences for comments about Ildar Dadin and online banners in support of Ukraine
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised this week
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