Recognised as political prisoners

1,404 people

Of these, 5 who asked that their names not be published — counted in the figure above and listed at the end.

The criteria and the procedure belong to the organisations named below; FACTUM reports their decisions with attribution and makes no assessment of its own.

This is not the same as being imprisoned today. Of the 1,404 people recognised, 923 are behind bars right now. And 1,351 of the 2,274 people currently imprisoned carry no recognition of this kind — see who is imprisoned right now.

Other recognition statuses: political prisoners (1,404) · unlawfully imprisoned over religion (555) · persecuted over religion (498) · persecuted on political grounds (133) · other statuses (27)

Andrei Lazarenko
ImprisonedMordoviaArticle 205 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code18 years
Tatiana Laletina
ImprisonedTomsk OblastArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code9 years
Konstantin Lantinov
ImprisonedArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years
Viktor Levakov
ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code3 years 6 months
Dmitrii Levin
ImprisonedKrasnodar KraiArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code15 years
Georgii Levchenko
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Zaporizka oblastArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code16 years
Konstantin Ledkov
ImprisonedNenets Autonomous OkrugArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code5 years 6 months
Varvara Lemann
ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years
Nikolay Lenitsky
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Khersonska oblastArticle 207.3 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years 10 months
Yegor Lesnykh
ImprisonedMoscowArticle 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code3 years
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
Vladimir Lisovoy
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Stanislav Lisovskii
ImprisonedKrasnodar KraiArticle 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code7 years
Vladimir Litvinov
ImprisonedKaliningrad OblastArticle 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
Daniil Likhanov
ImprisonedNovosibirsk OblastArticle 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code14 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
Mehriban Lukinskaya
ImprisonedRyazan OblastArticle 275.1, Russian Criminal Code5 years
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
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
Salekh Magamadov
ImprisonedChechnyaArticle 208 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 5, Russian Criminal Code8 years
Timur Magomedov
ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code3 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
Roman Mayorov
ImprisonedMoscow OblastArticle 275.1, Russian Criminal Code4 years 10 months
Radik Makaev
ImprisonedKursk OblastArticle 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code10 years
Vladimir Makarenko
ImprisonedArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code18 years
Yurii Makarenko
ImprisonedArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years 8 months
Aleksandr Maksymchuk
ImprisonedArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code20 years
Maxim Makushin
ImprisonedMurmansk OblastArticle 332 part 2.1, Russian Criminal Code2 years 8 months
Aitugan Malabaev
ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years
Vladimir Malina
ImprisonedMoscow OblastArticle 205 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code25 years
Nikolai Malkerov
ImprisonedKostroma OblastArticle 275.1, Russian Criminal Code4 years
Aleksandr Maltapar
ImprisonedArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Alexandr Malyshev
ImprisonedOccupied territory of Zaporizka oblastArticle 205 part 2, Russian Criminal Code26 years

Who does the recognising

Number of people on this page recognised by each organisation. Criteria and procedure belong to the organisations themselves; their sites are linked where the address is unambiguous.

Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners1,066
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners207
Memorial Human Rights Centre126
SOVA Center5

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