Who is imprisoned now

2,155 people imprisoned

Of these, 84 whose names are not known and 37 who asked that their names not be published — counted in the figure above and listed at the end.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.

• Valerii Lizun
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 275.1, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Lyubov Lizunova
  ImprisonedZabaykalsky KraiArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years 6 months
• Vladimir Linnik
  ImprisonedRostov OblastArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Sergei Lintsov
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Roman Linkov
  ImprisonedPenza OblastArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Aleksei Liptser
  ImprisonedVladimir OblastArticle 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Dmitry Lisovets
  ImprisonedRostov OblastArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code16 years
• Stanislav Lisovskii
  ImprisonedKrasnodar KraiArticle 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Maksim Litvin
  ImprisonedArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
• Vladimir Litvinov
  ImprisonedKaliningrad OblastArticle 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
• Oleksandr Litvinyuk
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Daniil Likhanov
  ImprisonedNovosibirsk OblastArticle 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Inver Lovpache
  ImprisonedAdygeaArticle 284.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Sergey Lovchikov
  ImprisonedZabaykalsky KraiArticle 205 part 1, Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Sergei Loktev
  ImprisonedVladimir OblastArticle 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code1 year 10 months
• Vasilii Lomakin
  ImprisonedArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
• Igor Lonchakov
  ImprisonedPrimorsky KraiArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Sergei Loshakov
  ImprisonedKhanty-Mansi Autonomous OkrugArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code9 years
• Mikhail Loshchinin
  ImprisonedPskov OblastArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code16 years
• Andrei Lugovoi
  ImprisonedKaliningrad OblastArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Ilya Lugovoi
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code16 years
• Alexandr Lukanin
  ImprisonedTomsk OblastArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code7 years 6 months
• Andrei Lukin
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Mehriban Lukinskaya
  ImprisonedRyazan OblastArticle 275.1, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Azat Lukmanov
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Vladislav Lukyanov
  ImprisonedArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
• Vyacheslav Lutor
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code10 years
• Maxim Lypkan
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
• Oleh Lysenko
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code
• Alexander Lubas
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code20 years
• Christina Lyubashenko
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Arkadii Liubchenko
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Luhanska oblastArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Memet Lumanov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
• Maxim Liutyi
  ImprisonedArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
• Denis Lialka
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Dmitrii Lialiaev
  ImprisonedSaratov OblastArticle 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years 2 months
• Dmitrii Liamin
  ImprisonedIvanovo OblastArticle 205 part 1, Russian Criminal Code8 years
• Vladimir Lyaskovsky
  ImprisonedKaliningrad OblastArticle 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
• Mikhail Lyakh
  ImprisonedKrasnodar KraiArticle 280.4 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Rais Mavliutov
  ImprisonedSamara OblastArticle 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code23 years
• Salekh Magamadov
  ImprisonedChechnyaArticle 208 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 5, Russian Criminal Code8 years
• Shamil Magdiev
  ImprisonedDagestanArticle 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Askhab Magomayev
  ImprisonedDagestanArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Magomedov Kamil
  ImprisonedNizhny Novgorod OblastArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Magomed Magomedov
  ImprisonedStavropol KraiArticle 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
• Timur Magomedov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code3 years 6 months
• Shamil Magomedov
  ImprisonedStavropol KraiArticle 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
• Sergey Madiudin
  ImprisonedMoscow OblastArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years 6 months
• Evgenia Maiboroda
  ImprisonedRostov OblastArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code5 years 6 months
• Vladislav Mayer
  ImprisonedMurmansk OblastArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years