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A Ukrainian has been sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for donating $11 to the Ukrainian military
05 May, 2025
Vladislav Borisenko and Vasily Gavrilishen are political prisoners
Two 20-year-old residents of Nizhnevartovsk were sentenced to terms of 12 and 13 years in a strict regime penal colony for arson of a military recruitment office
05 May, 2025
Denys Yezhov is a political prisoner
A Ukrainian from Crimea has been sentenced to one year’s imprisonment for shouting ‘Glory to Ukraine! Ukraine will prevail!’
30 Apr, 2025
Piruz Peikrishvili is a political prisoner
A resident of Khabarovsk Krai has been sentenced to six years in a penal colony on charges of repeatedly ‘discrediting’ the Russian army and spreading ‘fake news’
30 Apr, 2025
Ksenia Garina, Olga Korneva, Elvira Saifullina, Viktoria Kutilova, and Zaidulla Rezvanov are political prisoners
The five individuals are being prosecuted on charges of ‘involvement in an extremist group’ and alleged participation in the ANTI PYTKI project
29 Apr, 2025
Ilya Chugaev is a political prisoner
A resident of Syktyvkar has been sentenced to three years in a penal colony for justifying terrorism in comments on YouTube
29 Apr, 2025
Sergei Ulukshonov is a political prisoner
A resident of Krasnoyarsk has been sentenced to four years and eight months in a strict regime penal colony for allegedly planning to join a Ukrainian military unit
28 Apr, 2025
Vitaly Zaitsev is a political prisoner
A resident of Tula was sentenced to two years’ compulsory work in custody for three online comments about Russia’s war against Ukraine
28 Apr, 2025
Aleksandr Glushkin is a political prisoner
A school security guard from St Petersburg is being prosecuted under the ‘fake news’ law for a post on VK about Bucha
26 Apr, 2025
Aleksandr Batsenin is a political prisoner
A resident of Khabarovsk, was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony for allegedly transferring 780 roubles to support the Russian Volunteer Corps
25 Apr, 2025
Danylo Yefimov is a political prisoner
A student has been sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony for transferring $140 to a Ukrainian charity
24 Apr, 2025
Nazariy Hordieiev is a political prisoner
A Ukrainian has been sentenced to seven and a half years’ imprisonment on a charge of participating in a terrorist group
23 Apr, 2025
Dmitry Tau is a political prisoner
A resident of Kurgan Oblast has been sentenced to five years’ compulsory work on a charge of spreading ‘fake news’ about the Russian army for a video posted on VK
22 Apr, 2025
Elena Popova is a political prisoner
An activist from Rostov, was convicted of treason and sentenced to serve 12 years in a penal colony for donating 7,000 roubles to Arkady Babchenko
21 Apr, 2025
Vladimir Yefimov is a political prisoner
The head of the Kamchatka branch of the Yabloko party has been sentenced to two years in a low-security penal colony on charges of ‘discrediting’ the Russian army and displaying Nazi symbols.
20 Apr, 2025
Eight years ago, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized the Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses as an extremist organization
On April 20, 2017, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation issued a decision recognizing the “Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia” as an extremist organization and liquidated it.
18 Apr, 2025
Liudmila Tetenyova is a political prisoner
А cleaner from Kurgan, was sentenced to eight years in a penal colony for reposting criticism of Putin and the war against Ukraine on Odnoklassniki
18 Apr, 2025
Vitaly Zhuravlyov is a political prisoner
A resident of Astrakhan Oblast, was sentenced to two years in a penal colony for anti-war memes and comments
17 Apr, 2025
Aleksandr Matkheev is a political prisoner
A resident of Irkutsk Oblast with a mental disability has been sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment, probably as a result of an FSB provocation
16 Apr, 2025
Olga Petrova is a political prisoner
An ethnic Russian Muslim has been sentenced to seven years in a penal colony on charges of financing terrorism
15 Apr, 2025
Sven Nordin is a political prisoner
An activist from Kaliningrad Oblast has been sentenced to two years in a low-security penal colony for comparing Hero of the Soviet Union Nikita Karatsupa with serial killer Andrei Chikatilo
15 Apr, 2025
Ihor Mozho is a political prisoner
The Ukrainian national has been sentenced to five years and six months in a general regime penal colony for serving in the Aidar Battalion of the Ukrainian armed forces
14 Apr, 2025
Andrei Trofimov is a political prisoner
The activist has been sentenced to 10 years in a strict regime penal colony for anti-war posts and attempting to join the Free Russia Legion
11 Apr, 2025
Valery Perov is a political prisoner
An electrician from Nizhny Novgorod has been sentenced to 11 years in a general regime penal colony on charges of justifying terrorism and collusion with a foreign organisation for posts and correspondence on Telegram
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