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Comprehensive archive of political persecution: 97 individuals fighting for freedom and justice
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Danil Tomshin
Danil Tomshin, a resident of the Irkutsk region, was detained on charges of incitement to extremism for distributing lea...
Boris Ushakov
Boris Ushakov, a former coordinator of Gulagu.net and human rights defender, was arrested on charges of insulting and th...
Baltykov Eduard Sergeevich
Eduard Baltykov, born in 1967, is a Russian citizen of Kalmyk ethnicity and a former banker, broker, athlete, and civic ...
Alexey Sokolov
Human rights defender Alexey Sokolov was detained on December 16, 2025, on charges of treason (Article 275 of the Crimin...
Vladislav Vishnevsky
Vladislav Vishnevsky, a resident of Chita, was sentenced to one and a half years of compulsory labor for vandalism and c...
Bernatov Konstantin Stanislavovich
Konstantin Bernatov, resident of Novaya Zhizn village in the Budyonnovsk district of the Stavropol Territory, was senten...
In Moscow, journalists and activists were detained near the police department where a girl who escaped from domestic violence is being held
Ayna Mankieva, a 21-year-old woman who fled domestic violence in Ingushetia, was detained in Moscow on theft charges fil...
Belkovich Vladimir Anatolyevich
Vladimir Belkovich, a college student, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for state treason, preparing to participate i...
Darya Yegereva
Darya Yegereva, an activist representing the indigenous Selkup people of Western Siberia, was arrested in Moscow on Dece...
Darya Yegereva
Darya Yegereva, an activist and representative of the indigenous Selkup people, was arrested in Moscow on December 17, 2...
Ural human rights defenders sent to pre-trial detention center
Human rights defenders Alexei Sokolov and Larisa Zakharova, along with lawyer Roman Kachanov, are under investigation. Z...
Yuri Izmailov
Yuri Izmailov, a former military and activist from Novosibirsk, has been charged with treason for allegedly correspondin...
Evgenia Kameneva and Alexander Knyazev
Evgenia Kameneva and Alexander Knyazev were detained at Domodedovo Airport while returning from vacation. They were prev...
Ksenia Garina
Ksenia Garina was detained after being released from pre-trial detention and arrested on new charges of financing extrem...
Navlyutov Farhad Shamilevich
Farhad Navlyutov, who worked for a foundation assisting vulnerable populations, was sentenced to 2 years and 5 months in...
Evgeny Olegovich Mishchenko
Evgeny Mishchenko, a volunteer at the Nemtsov Bridge memorial, was sentenced to 12 years for participating in a terroris...
Azat Fanisovich Miftakhov
Azat Miftakhov, an anarchist and graduate student, was sentenced to 6 years for hooliganism in 2021, then immediately re...
Olga Sergeevna Menshikh
Olga Menshikh was sentenced to 8 years in prison for disseminating false information about the Russian army in VK posts....
Grigory Arkadyevich Melkonyants
Grigory Melkonyants, co-chairman of the 'Golos' movement, was sentenced to 5 years in prison for organizing the activiti...
Marin Sergey Trofimovich
Sergey Maryin, a pensioner and human rights activist from Saransk, was sentenced to 1 year in a penal colony for discred...
Mamaev Sergey Olegovich
Sergey Mamaev, a civil activist from Yoshkar-Ola, is accused of supporting an organization associated with Alexei Navaln...
Maksim Kirillovich Lypkan
Maksim Lypkan, a civil and anti-war activist, was ordered to be released from criminal liability and subjected to compul...
Alexei Evgenevich Liptser
Alexei Liptser, a lawyer from Moscow, was sentenced to 5 years in a general regime colony for participating in an extrem...
Viktor Evgenevich Levakov
Viktor Levakov, a civil activist and volunteer, was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in a general regime colony for fin...