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16 Sep, 2025
Aleksandr Voevodkin is a political prisoner
A businessman from St. Petersburg has been remanded in custody on charges of collusion with China
15 Sep, 2025
Roman Mayorov is a political prisoner
A resident of Moscow Oblast has been sentenced to almost five years in a penal colony for WhatsApp correspondence that the investigative authorities deemed ‘collusion with foreigners’
12 Sep, 2025
Sergei Mamaev is a political prisoner
An activist from Yoshkar-Ola has been sentenced to two years and eight months’ imprisonment on a charge of involvement in the ‘Navalny Headquarters’
12 Sep, 2025
Five Jehovah’s Witnesses from Saratov Oblast are political prisoners
On the charge of extremism, Mikhail Proshenkov, Aleksei Kazakov, Aleksandr Akelin and Filipp Ombysh have been taken into custody, and Sergei Yefremov has been placed under house arrest.
10 Sep, 2025
Zakhar Petukhov is a political prisoner
A resident of Obninsk has been sentenced to two years of compulsory work in custody for a message he posted about crimes committed by Russian troops in Bucha in a local online forum
09 Sep, 2025
Aleksandr Stalberg is a political prisoner
A former driver for Moscow city public transport was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony on a charge of ‘collusion’ with foreigners
09 Sep, 2025
Yury Kolganov is a political prisoner
A construction worker from Ivanovo was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony for making cryptocurrency donations to the Free Russia Legion
08 Sep, 2025
Veronika Netunaeva is a political prisoner
An official from Uglich, who was a victim of a provocation by the FSB, has been sentenced to six years in a penal colony on a charge of aiding and abetting preparation of an explosion at a hydroelectric power station
05 Sep, 2025
Aleksei Badmaev is a political prisoner
A student from Irkutsk has been sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime penal colony on charges of justifying terrorism and treason for comments posted on VK and a transfer of 500 roubles.
04 Sep, 2025
Kateryna Fomenko is a political prisoner
A resident of Sevastopol has been sentenced to five and a half years of imprisonment on a charge of spreading ‘fake news’ about the army
02 Sep, 2025
Andrei Kuzmichyov is a political prisoner
A systems administrator from St Petersburg has been sentenced to three years’ in a general regime penal colony for ‘collusion’ with foreign nationals
01 Sep, 2025
Dmitry Protopopov, Artyom Vakhlyaev and Pavel Ivanov are political prisoners
Three employees of the publishing house Individuum Print have been charged with extremist activity as members of the so-called ‘international LGBT movement’ for distributing books.
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
27 Aug, 2025
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Over 300 Ukrainian soldiers who fought in the AFU’s Kursk incursion convicted in Russia on “terrorism” charges
Более 300 украинских военных, участвовавших в боях в Курской области, осуждены в России за «терроризм»
27 Aug, 2025
Ivan Bogdel (Khaitbaev) is a political prisoner
A fashion stylist and owner of the Voronezh nightclub Zebra faces two charges under anti-extremism laws, related to the ‘LGBT movement’
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
22 Aug, 2025
Oksana Hladkykh is a political prisoner
A Ukrainian woman has been sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment for on a charge of treason against Russia
20 Aug, 2025
Aleksei Ustyuzhin is a political prisoner
A resident of Yekaterinburg has been forcibly detained in a psychiatric hospital after being prosecuted for publicly justifying terrorism
19 Aug, 2025
Oleh Zaklekta and Arkadii Lyubchenko are political prisoners
Two Ukrainian servicemen have been sentenced to long terms of imprisonment for participating in combat operations as members of the Aidar Battalion of the Ukrainian armed forces
18 Aug, 2025
Nikolai Elankin is a political prisoner
The Moscow resident has been jailed for administrative-law offences at least 11 times in a row, and then charged with ‘collusion’ with a foreign state
15 Aug, 2025
Andrei Kitkov is a political prisoner
A businessman from Sverdlovsk Oblast has been sentenced to five and a half years in a penal colony for a comment on the bombing of the Crimean Bridge
14 Aug, 2025
Those convicted in the ‘Baymak case’ are political prisoners
Forty-six participants in a public rally in support of opposition figure Fail Alsynov were sentenced to long terms of imprisonment
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