Who is imprisoned now

2,231 imprisoned · 9 more added by the editors

Of these, 85 whose names are not known and 39 who asked that their names not be published — counted in the figure above and listed at the end.

People currently held in prison colonies and pre-trial detention centres in political, anti-war and religious cases. The database is broader — it also covers those already released, under house arrest or outside Russia: the full list.

This list follows people’s actual situation, not formal recognition. Those recognised as political prisoners by human rights organisations are a separate, only partly overlapping set.

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  ImprisonedAstrakhan OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Artem Abanin
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Sergey Abanichev
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 212 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Article 33 part 4, Russian Criminal Code
• Seityaga Abbozov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Damir Abdrafikov
  ImprisonedTyumen OblastArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Ural Abdrakhimov
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code15 years
• Rail Abdrakhmanov
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Amethan Abdulvapov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code10 years 6 months
• Eskender Abdulganiev
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Vladlen Abdulkadyrov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Akramjon Abdullaev
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of SevastopolArticle 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code15 years
• Zavur Abdullaev
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of SevastopolArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Izzet Abdullayev
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Kamaldin Abdullaev
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Teimur Abdullaev
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code16 years 6 months
• Uzeyir Abdullayev
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years 6 months
• Urdash Abdullaev
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Shamil Abdullaev
  ImprisonedRostov OblastArticle 282.2 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
• Aitugan Abdullin
  ImprisonedOrenburg OblastArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Elvira Abdullina
  ImprisonedTyumen OblastArticle 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Osman Abdurazakov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Mustafa Abduramanov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Bilial Abdurakhmanov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Khersonska oblastArticle 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code8 years
• Bogdan Abdurakhmanov
  ImprisonedKrasnodar KraiArticle 205 part 1, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Medzhit Abdurakhmanov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Hokim Abdukhalimov
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code10 years
• Altynbek Abdymanap
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code10 years
• Uralbay Abishev
  ImprisonedBelgorod OblastArticle 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code9 years
• Arsen Ablaev
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years 5 months
• Bakhtiyar Ablaev
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Nariman Ablyazov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Khersonska oblastArticle 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years 6 months
• Mejit Ablyamitov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Vyacheslav Abramov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 212 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 6 months
• Evgenii Abramov
  ImprisonedTomsk OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Elena Abramova
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Yana Abramova
  ImprisonedTomsk OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Arsen Abkhairov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Ekaterina Avakova
  ImprisonedRostov OblastArticle 159 part 3, Russian Criminal Code3 years 11 months
• Zafar Agamamedov
  ImprisonedIrkutsk OblastArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code8 years
• Azat Adiev
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 150 part 4, Russian Criminal Code19 years
• Bilial Adilov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Alexander Azarov
  ImprisonedArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Garri Azarian
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Artem Azatian
  ImprisonedKrasnodar KraiArticle 205 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
• Georgii Azatian
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
• Ramil Aznaev
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Raim Ayvazov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Aidar Aidarbekov
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code16 years
• Arsen Aichepshev
  ImprisonedKarachay-CherkessiaArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Chingiz Aiylchiev
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code

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