← Political persecution Читать по-русски →

Journalists

305 people

This page lists journalists and media workers persecuted in Russia for their work or their public statements — from fines for "discrediting the army" to multi-year sentences in "treason" and "fake news" cases. The list is grouped by status: who is currently imprisoned, who is under house arrest, who has been forced to leave the country, and whose whereabouts are unknown. Each entry links to a profile with the charges, the stage of the case and source references. FACTUM's own reporting on individual cases appears at the bottom of the page.

It includes people whose recorded occupation is "journalist" as well as those the editors classify as journalists by the nature of their work. Errors or inaccuracies can be reported to info@factum.press.

Imprisoned (59) · Under house arrest (3) · Location unknown (15) · Not in Russia (155) · At large (67) · Deceased (6)

Imprisoned

59 people

Alexandra Alexandrova
ImprisonedSakha RepublicArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years
Ernes Ametov
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code11 years
Alexander Andreev
ImprisonedZabaykalsky KraiArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code
Osman Arifmemetov
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years
Olga Arkharova
ImprisonedMoscowArticle 163 part 3 item b, Russian Criminal Code4 years 6 months
Marlen Asanov
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code19 years
Mikhail Afanasiev
ImprisonedKhakassiaArticle 207.3 part 2 item a, Russian Criminal Code5 years 6 months
Asan Akhtemov
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 222.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code15 years
Aleksandra Baiazitova
ImprisonedMoscowArticle 163 part 3 item b, Russian Criminal Code
Remzi Bekirov
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code19 years
Alexey Bessarabov
ImprisonedOccupied territory of SevastopolArticle 222 part 3, Russian Criminal Code14 years
Kieron Bryan
ImprisonedMurmansk OblastArticle 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Konstantin Gabov
ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years 6 months
Abdulmumin Gadzhiev
ImprisonedDagestanArticle 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code16 years 10 months
Vladislav Gershon
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Zaporizka oblastArticle 205 part 2, Russian Criminal Code15 years
Anastasiia Hlukhovska
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Zaporizka oblast
Dmitrii Gromovoi
ImprisonedChelyabinsk OblastArticle 228.1 part 3 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code17 years 6 months
Irina Danilovich
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 11 months
Alla Dongur-ool
ImprisonedTuvaArticle 163 part 3 item b, Russian Criminal Code3 years 3 months
Aleksandr Dorogov
ImprisonedMoscow OblastArticle 163 part 2, Russian Criminal Code10 years 6 months
Vladimir Dudka
ImprisonedOccupied territory of SevastopolArticle 222 part 3, Russian Criminal Code14 years
Vladimir Efimov
ImprisonedKamchatka KraiArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years
Mikhail Zharikov
ImprisonedNizhny Novgorod OblastArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years 10 months
Timur Ibragimov
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code17 years
Roman Ivanov
ImprisonedMoscow OblastArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code7 years
Roman Ivanov
ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code13 years 4 months
Iryna Levchenko
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Zaporizka oblastArticle 276, Russian Criminal Code15 years
Sergei Karelin
ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years 6 months
Ian Katelevskii
ImprisonedMoscow OblastArticle 163 part 3 item b, Russian Criminal Code9 years 6 months
Stanislav Klykh
ImprisonedChechnyaArticle 105 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code20 years
Olga Komleva
ImprisonedMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 items b, d, Russian Criminal Code
Sergei Kornilevsky
ImprisonedJewish Autonomous OblastArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
Antonina Kravtsova (Favorskaia)
ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years 6 months
Artem Kriger
ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years 6 months
Georgii Levchenko
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Zaporizka oblastArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code16 years
Alexandr Malyshev
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Zaporizka oblastArticle 205 part 2, Russian Criminal Code26 years
Matushevskaya Elena
ImprisonedKrasnoyarsk KraiArticle 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Sergei Mikhailov
ImprisonedAltai RepublicArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code8 years
Server Mustafayev
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years
Nika Novak
ImprisonedMoscowArticle 275.1, Russian Criminal Code4 years
Aleksandr Nozdrinov
ImprisonedKrasnodar KraiArticle 207.3 part 2 items g, d, Russian Criminal Code8 years 6 months
Rustem Osmanov
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Gennadii Osmak
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Khersonska oblastArticle 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Elena Pivovarova
ImprisonedRostov OblastArticle 159 part 3, Russian Criminal Code4 years 6 months
Mariia Ponomarenko
ImprisonedAltai KraiArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code2 years 3 months
Maksim Rupchev
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Zaporizka oblastArticle 205 part 2, Russian Criminal Code15 years
Seiran Saliev
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code15 years
Ivan Safronov
ImprisonedMoscowArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code22 years
Alexey Seryogin
ImprisonedMari ElArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Denis Sinyakov
ImprisonedMurmansk OblastArticle 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Aleksandr Skobov
ImprisonedKomi RepublicArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code16 years
Yana Suvorova
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Zaporizka oblastArticle 205 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years 4 months
Amet Suleimanov
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
Vilen Temerianov
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code14 years
Ekaterina Fatianova
ImprisonedKrasnoyarsk KraiArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code1 year 6 months
Svetlana Khustik
ImprisonedKrasnoyarsk KraiArticle 207.3 part 2 items g, d, Russian Criminal Code
Sergei Tsigipa
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 276, Russian Criminal Code13 years
Rustem Sheikhaliyev
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years
Vasilisa Shishkina
ImprisonedBuryatiaArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code12 years

Under house arrest

3 people

Oleg Roldugin
Under house arrestMoscowArticle 272.1 part 3 item v, Russian Criminal Code
Natalia Smolyaninova
Under house arrestRyazan OblastArticle 163 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Alexei Frolov
Under house arrestRyazan OblastArticle 163 part 3 item b, Russian Criminal Code

Location unknown

15 people

Aziz Azizov
Location unknownOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Evgenii Anisimov
Location unknownSverdlovsk OblastArticle 128.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Viktoria Arefyeva
Location unknownSaint PetersburgArticle 207 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Alla Gutnikova
Location unknownMoscowArticle 151.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 months
Anastasia Emelyanova
Location unknownKabardino-BalkariaArticle 128.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Irina Zemliana
Location unknownMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code13 years
Nicholas Simon Connolly (Nick Connolly)
Location unknownKursk OblastArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Kurt Pelda
Location unknownKursk OblastArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Bella Rapoport
Location unknownSaint PetersburgArticle 207 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Evgenii Russkikh
Location unknownSverdlovsk OblastArticle 128.1 part 5, Russian Criminal Code
Konstantin Smirnov
Location unknownRyazan OblastArticle 163 part 2 items a, g, Russian Criminal Code
Jerome Starkey
Location unknownKursk OblastArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Catherine Norris Trent
Location unknownKursk OblastArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Dmitry Fomintsev
Location unknownSverdlovsk OblastArticle 148 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Dmitry Chernomorchenko
Location unknownYamalo-Nenets Autonomous OkrugArticle 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code

Not in Russia

155 people

Ilia Azar
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 284.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code4 years
Amyr Aytashev
Not in RussiaAltai RepublicArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Anna Andrievska
Not in RussiaOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 280.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Roman Anin
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code8 years 6 months
Armen Aramyan
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 151.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code10 years 1 month
Arkady Babchenko
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code1 year 6 months
Roman Badanin
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Bogdan Bakaleiko
Not in RussiaYamalo-Nenets Autonomous OkrugArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Vladimir Balinskii
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 items v, d, Russian Criminal Code11 years
Evgeniya Baltatarova
Not in RussiaBuryatiaArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code7 years
Ekaterina Barabash
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code5 years
Natalia Baranova
Not in RussiaKirov OblastArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Mircea Barbu
Not in RussiaKursk OblastArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Oksana Barsheva
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Stefania Battistini
Not in RussiaKursk OblastArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Marianna Belenkaia
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code10 months
Kirill Belokurov
Not in RussiaMagadan OblastArticle 207.3, Russian Criminal Code5 years 7 months
Olesya Borovik
Not in RussiaKursk OblastArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Diana Butsko
Not in RussiaKursk OblastArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Dmitriy Buchenkov
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
Dmitrii Bykov
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code7 years
Pyotr Verzilov
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code8 years 4 months
Nina Volokhonskaya
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years 6 months
Alexander Gabuev
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 284.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code4 years 2 months
Aleksandra Garmazhapova
Not in RussiaBuryatiaArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code7 years
Evan Gershkovich
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 276, Russian Criminal Code16 years
Masha (Maria) Hessen
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code8 years
Alexei Gomon
Not in RussiaArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code9 years
Ekaterina Goncharova
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 239 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Dmitrii Gordon
Not in RussiaArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years
Nikolay Gorelov (Kirichenko)
Not in RussiaKaliningrad OblastArticle 282 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code
Andrei Grigoriev
Not in RussiaTatarstanArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Alina Grigoryeva
Not in RussiaTatarstanArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Andrey Grishin
Not in RussiaMagadan OblastArticle 207.3, Russian Criminal Code6 years 6 months
Christo Grozev
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Lev Gämmer
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 items b, d, Russian Criminal Code
Renat Davletgildeev
Not in RussiaSverdlovsk OblastArticle 207.3 part 2 items b, d, Russian Criminal Code
Davlyatchin Ilya
Not in RussiaNovgorod OblastArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Ilya Danilov
Not in RussiaLipetsk OblastArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Tikhon Dzyadko
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code8 years
Rustam Diarov
Not in RussiaAstrakhan OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code8 years
Catherine Dees
Not in RussiaKursk OblastArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Pavel Dmitriev
Not in RussiaPskov OblastArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Roman Dobrokhotov
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 322 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Anton Dolin
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code1 year
Evgeny Domojirov
Not in RussiaVologda OblastArticle 116 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Yury Dud
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code1 year 10 months
Isabella Yevloeva
Not in RussiaIngushetiaArticle 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Sergei Ezhov
Not in RussiaRyazan OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years
Dmitry Elovsky
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Maria Efrosinina
Not in RussiaArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code7 years
Andrey Zatirko
Not in RussiaZabaykalsky Krai
Andrei Zakharov
Not in RussiaSaint PetersburgArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Andrei Zayakin
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code5 years
Anastasia (Asya) Zolnikova
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 284.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Anna Zueva
Not in RussiaBuryatiaArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years
Mikhail Zygar
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code8 years 6 months
Pyotr Ivanov
Not in RussiaKursk OblastArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Lenur Islyamov
Not in RussiaOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 208 part 1, Russian Criminal Code18 years
Denis Kamaliagin
Not in RussiaPskov OblastArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code3 years
Andrei Karaulov
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 128.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Ruslan Karpuk (Leviev)
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 items b, v, d, Russian Criminal Code11 years
Denis Kataev
Not in RussiaArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code1 year 4 months
Evgenii Kiselev
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 205.4 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Valeria Kichigina
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code10 years
Sergey Kovalchenko
Not in RussiaSaint PetersburgArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Dmitry Kolezev
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code7 years 6 months
Alla Konstantinova
Not in RussiaArticle 330.1, Russian Criminal Code
Victor Korb
Not in RussiaOmsk OblastArticle 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Ilia Kosygin
Not in RussiaArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Ekaterina Kotrikadze
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code8 years
Martin Kochesoko (Kochesokov)
Not in RussiaKabardino-BalkariaArticle 228 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years
Ilya Krasilshchik
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code8 years
Maxim Kuzakhmetov
Not in RussiaSaint PetersburgArticle 207.3 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Dmitrii Kuznets
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 284.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
Farida Kurbangaleeva
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code8 years
Alsu Kurmasheva
Not in RussiaTatarstanArticle 207.3 part 2 items g, d, Russian Criminal Code6 years 6 months
Maxim Kurnikov
Not in RussiaOrenburg OblastArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Alexander Kushnar
Not in RussiaKhabarovsk KraiArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code8 years 1 month
Tatyana Lazareva
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years 6 months
Anna Loiko
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Kseniia Luchenko
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code8 years
Alexander Makashenets
Not in Russia
Elena Malakhovskaya
Not in RussiaSverdlovsk OblastArticle 207.3 part 2 items b, d, Russian Criminal Code
Sergey Markelov
Not in RussiaKareliaArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Alesya Marokhovskaya
Not in RussiaMagadan OblastArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Kirill Martynov
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 205.4 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code6 years
Zalina Marshenkulova
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Maria Menshikova
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code7 years
Vladimir Metelkin
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 151.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Olga Misik
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Anna Mongait
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code5 years
Alexander Morozov
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 205.4 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Natalia Moseychuk
Not in RussiaArticle 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years
Aider Muzhdabaev
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years
Rostislav Murzagulov
Not in RussiaArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code8 years
Muchnik Viktor
Not in RussiaTomsk OblastArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Natalia Nagornaya
Not in RussiaKursk OblastArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Michael Nacke
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 items b, v, d, Russian Criminal Code11 years
Alexander Nevzorov
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code8 years
Dmitrii Nizovtsev
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 items b, d, Russian Criminal Code
Andrey Novashov
Not in RussiaKemerovo OblastArticle 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Sergey Nosov
Not in RussiaOryol OblastArticle 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Marina Ovsyannikova
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code8 years 6 months
Timur Olevsky
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 284.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Vasilina Orlova
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Andrey Pertsev
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 284.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Alexander Pichugin
Not in RussiaNizhny Novgorod OblastArticle 207.1, Russian Criminal Code
Alexander Plushev
Not in RussiaMoscow
Sergey Podsytnik
Not in RussiaSamara OblastArticle 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
The Reverend Alexander A.
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 items b, d, Russian Criminal Code8 years
Valeria Ratnikova
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code7 years 6 months
Victor Rau
Not in RussiaAltai KraiArticle 212.1, Russian Criminal Code
Sergey Reznik
Not in RussiaRostov OblastArticle 163 part 2, Russian Criminal Code10 years
Caolan Robertson
Not in RussiaKursk OblastArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Alberto Rojas
Not in RussiaKursk OblastArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Angelina Roschupko
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 239 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Anton Rubin
Not in RussiaSamara OblastArticle 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Aleksandr Savelev
Not in RussiaKrasnodar KraiArticle 284.1, Russian Criminal Code
Natalia Sevets-Yermolina
Not in RussiaKareliaArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Kirill Sedov
Not in RussiaNizhny Novgorod OblastArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Seytumer Seytumerov
Not in RussiaOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Nikolai Semyon
Not in RussiaOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 280.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
Andrei Serafimov
Not in RussiaTomsk OblastArticle 280.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code4 years 6 months
Sergey Smirnov
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code1 year
Valentin Snegirev
Not in RussiaPenza OblastArticle 128.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Yanina Sokolova
Not in RussiaArticle 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code8 years
Janina Sokolovskaia
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code7 years 6 months
Andrei Soldatov
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2, Russian Criminal Code4 years
Vladimir Soloviev
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 284.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code3 years
Elena Solovieva
Not in RussiaKomi RepublicArticle 330.1, Russian Criminal Code
Leonid Spirin
Not in RussiaTatarstanArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Sergei Stepanov
Not in RussiaTambov OblastArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Boris Stomakhin
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code10 years
Alipat Sultanbegova
Not in RussiaKrasnodar KraiArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Roman Sushchenko
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 276, Russian Criminal Code12 years
Iulia Taratuta
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Galina Timchenko
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 284.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Simone Traini
Not in RussiaKursk OblastArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Dmitry Treschanin
Not in RussiaSamara OblastArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Nick Peyton Walsh
Not in RussiaKursk OblastArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Ekaterina Fomina
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code8 years 6 months
Alexandra Frolova
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years
Gulsum Khalilova
Not in RussiaOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Anastasiia Chumakova
Not in RussiaUlyanovsk OblastArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code7 years
Ruslan Shaveddinov
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Tatiana Shadrina (Felgengauer)
Not in RussiaArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Karen Shainyan
Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Anastasia Shevchenko
Not in RussiaRostov OblastArticle 205.4 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code2 years
Dmitry Shipilov
Not in RussiaKemerovo OblastArticle 319 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code3 months
Alexey Shitik
Not in RussiaTomsk OblastArticle 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Vadim Shtepa
Not in RussiaArticle 205.4 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Elena Shukaeva
Not in RussiaSverdlovsk OblastArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Sarah Ashton-Cirillo
Not in RussiaOccupied territory of Donetska oblastArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code20 years
Fletcher Young
Not in RussiaKursk OblastArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code

At large

67 people

Azamat Abutalipov
At largeBashkortostanArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code4 years
Stanislav Andreev
At largeKrasnodar KraiArticle 158 part 2 item a, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
Stanislav Aseyev
At largeOccupied territory of Donetska oblast15 years
Valery Badmaev
At largeKalmykiaArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Maria Baronova
At largeMoscowArticle 212 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Oleh Baturin
At largeOccupied territory of Khersonska oblast
Bilega Anna Georgievna
At largeSakhalin OblastArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years
Igor Boykov
At largeSaint PetersburgArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Irina Buglak
At largePrimorsky KraiArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
Alexander Valov
At largeKrasnodar KraiArticle 163 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code6 years
Maria Varfolomeeva
At largeOccupied territory of Luhanska oblast
Dmitrii Vitushkin
At largeArticle 354.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code1 year
Zainulla Hajiyev
At largeBashkortostanArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Jalaudi Geriev
At largeChechnyaArticle 228 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code3 years
Svetlana Gorina
At largeSverdlovsk OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
Roman Grishin
At largeKaluga OblastArticle 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Nariman Dzhelyal (Dzhelyalov)
At largeOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 222.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code17 years
Airat Dilmukhametov
At largeBashkortostanArticle 205.2 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code9 years
Andrey Dmitriev
At largeSaint PetersburgArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Erzhenkov Sergei Borisovich
At largeRyazan OblastArticle 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Andriy Ermolenko
At largeChelyabinsk OblastArticle 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Vladislav Esipenko
At largeOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code5 years
Vladimir Efimov
At largeTyumen OblastArticle 282 part 2 item b, Russian Criminal Code
Ilya (Ille) Ivanov
At largeChuvashiaArticle 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Konstantin Ishutov
At largeChuvashiaArticle 354.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code3 years 6 months
Mark Kaliush
At largeOccupied territory of Zaporizka oblastArticle 119 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Nadezhda Kevorkova
At largeMoscowArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Leonid Kovyazin
At largeMoscowArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Alexander Kotov (Etkin)
At largePerm KraiArticle 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Svetlana Kudryashova
At largeMoscowArticle 282.4 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
Anatoly Kuznetsov
At largeKrasnodar KraiArticle 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Igor Kuznetsov
At largeMoscowArticle 212 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
Alexei Kungurov
At largeTyumen OblastArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years
Evgeny Kurakin
At largeMoscow OblastArticle 159 part 4, Russian Criminal Code3 years
Sergeii Kustov
At largeIvanovo OblastArticle 128.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Olga Lee
At largeKursk OblastArticle 282 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Rashid Maysigov
At largeIngushetiaArticle 228 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Eugenia Shelkovnikova
At largeKrasnoyarsk KraiArticle 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Aigul Makhmutova
At largeMoscowArticle 130 part 1, Russian Criminal Code4 years 10 months
Nariman Memedeminov
At largeOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
Alexei Mironov
At largeChuvashiaArticle 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years 3 months
Aleksandr Moiseiuk
At largeRyazan OblastArticle 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Ivan Moseyev
At largeArkhangelsk OblastArticle 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Eduard Mochalov
At largeChuvashiaArticle 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Yuri Mukhin
At largeMoscowArticle 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code4 years
Alexander Muchaev
At largeMoscowArticle 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code1 year
Alexei Nazimov
At largeOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 163 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code4 years 7 months
Eskender Nebiyev
At largeOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
Andrei Oblezov
At largeOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 163 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code3 years
Boris Obraztsov
At largeKaliningrad OblastArticle 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Vladimir Panfilov
At largeOryol OblastArticle 163 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
Elena Polyakova
At largeMoscow OblastArticle 119 part 2, Russian Criminal Code1 year 6 months
Svetlana Prokopyeva
At largePskov OblastArticle 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Artem Prokhorov
At largeOryol OblastArticle 163 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
Vasyly Purdenko
At largeAdygeaArticle 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Natalia Rezontova
At largeNizhny Novgorod OblastArticle 236 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Vladimir Rumyantsev
At largeVologda OblastArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code3 years
Veronika Samusik
At largeMoscowArticle 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Alexander Serebryanikov
At largeMurmansk OblastArticle 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Iskander Siraziev (Siradzhi)
At largeTatarstanArticle 137 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Alexander Sokolov
At largeMoscowArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code3 years 6 months
Alexander Stepanov
At largeVladimir OblastArticle 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code1 year 6 months
Natalia Tyshkevich
At largeMoscowArticle 151.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Mikhail Feldman
At largeKaliningrad OblastArticle 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years
Dmytro Khyliuk
At large
Lev Shlosberg
At largePskov OblastArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code11 years 1 month
Nermin Yusufovich
At largeSaint PetersburgArticle 354.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code

Deceased

6 people

Rashit Akhmetov
DeceasedTatarstanArticle 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Natalya Baljakina
DeceasedPerm KraiArticle 160 part 3, Russian Criminal Code3 years
Sergei Mingazov
DeceasedKhabarovsk KraiArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Anton Nosik
DeceasedMoscowArticle 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Viktoriia Roshchyna
DeceasedOccupied territory of Zaporizka oblast
Alexander Tolmachev
DeceasedRostov OblastArticle 163 part 3, Russian Criminal Code9 years

FACTUM stories

October 16, 2026
Alexander Skobov: From Soviet Psychiatric Hospitals to a 16-Year Prison Sentence
October 5, 2026
Ivan Safronov: 22 Years in Prison. The Persecution of a Journalist
October 5, 2026
Antonina Favorskaya: 5½ years in prison in the FBK “extremist community” case
September 28, 2026
Tatyana Felgenhauer: arrest in absentia in a “foreign agent” case
September 28, 2026
Asya Zolnikova: from a fine over an architecture article to arrest in absentia
September 28, 2026
Ruslan Leviev: 11 years in absentia for war analysis
September 14, 2026
15 Years for a Retired Journalist: What the Levchenko Verdict Breaks in the Geneva Conventions

The Persecution section uses data from OVD-Info (CC BY 3.0). Methodology