Recognition by human rights organisations

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Of these, 5 who asked that their names not be published — counted in the figure above and listed at the end.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, 872 are behind bars right now. And 1,283 of the 2,155 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 (499) · persecuted on political grounds (133) · other statuses (27)

• Alexander Merochenets
  ImprisonedRostov OblastArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code22 years
• Oleg Mizhgorodskyy
  ImprisonedRostov OblastArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Alexandr Mineyev
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Mahamadyusuf Mirzaalimov
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 205 part 3, Russian Criminal Code19 years 11 months
• Yulia Mirzalieva
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Alexander Mirkulov
  ImprisonedSamara OblastArticle 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code10 years
• Sergei Mironov
  ImprisonedVolgograd OblastArticle 275 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code9 years
• Oleg Miruk
  ImprisonedArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Andrei Mitrofanov
  ImprisonedPerm KraiArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Azat Miftakhov
  ImprisonedKirov OblastArticle 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code5 years 9 months
• Dmitry Mikheev
  ImprisonedIrkutsk OblastArticle 205 part 1, Russian Criminal Code17 years 9 months
• Eugene Mishchenko
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Igor Mozgo
  ImprisonedArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years 6 months
• Ivan Monakhov
  ImprisonedIvanovo OblastArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Andrey Morozov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Stanislav Moskvitin
  ImprisonedOmsk OblastArticle 284.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Iuliia Mosiazh
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Luhanska oblastArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code16 years
• Dilmurod Muidinov
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 205 part 3, Russian Criminal Code19 years 11 months
• Igor Muliar
  ImprisonedArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Mikhail Mungalov
  ImprisonedKrasnodar KraiArticle 281 part 1, Russian Criminal Code10 years
• Nikolay Murnev
  ImprisonedStavropol KraiArticle 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Denis Muryga
  ImprisonedRostov OblastArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code16 years
• Zarema Musaeva
  ImprisonedChechnyaArticle 159 part 3, Russian Criminal Code4 years 9 months
• Alexei Musafirov
  ImprisonedArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Bogdan Musikhin
  ImprisonedArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Alexander Mukhin
  ImprisonedRostov OblastArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code22 years
• Irina Navalnaia
  ImprisonedArticle 205 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code8 years
• Svetlana Nazarova
  ImprisonedVologda OblastArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Hovsep Nazlukhanyan
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Luhanska oblastArticle 335 uk «lnr», Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Denis Narolsky
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Roman Nasryev
  ImprisonedChelyabinsk OblastArticle 205 part 2, Russian Criminal Code19 years
• Ivan Neverov
  ImprisonedMordoviaArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Roman Nedostupa
  ImprisonedArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code21 years
• Oleg Nepein
  ImprisonedSaratov OblastArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
• Aleksander Nesterenko
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Veronika Netunaeva
  ImprisonedYaroslavl OblastArticle 205 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Alexander Neustroev
  ImprisonedSverdlovsk OblastArticle 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code4 years 6 months
• Ivan Nechiporenko
  ImprisonedArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years 6 months
• Aibulat Nigamatov
  ImprisonedOrenburg OblastArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code4 years 9 months
• Viktor Nikitin
  ImprisonedKhabarovsk KraiArticle 275.1, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Sergei Nikitiuk
  ImprisonedArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code20 years
• Evgeny Nikiforov
  ImprisonedRostov OblastArticle 275 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 6 months
• Angel Nikolaev
  ImprisonedKhabarovsk KraiArticle 205 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years 10 months
• Makar Nikolaev
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Nikolaeva Elena
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Donetska oblastArticle 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code9 years
• Kirill Nikulenkov
  ImprisonedMoscow OblastArticle 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years 6 months
• Nika Novak
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 275.1, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Gennadii Novitskii
  ImprisonedRostov OblastArticle 275.1, Russian Criminal Code3 years 6 months
• Aleksandr Nozdrinov
  ImprisonedKrasnodar KraiArticle 207.3 part 2 items g, d, Russian Criminal Code8 years 6 months
• Alexei Nuriev
  ImprisonedChelyabinsk OblastArticle 205 part 2, Russian Criminal Code19 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 Prisoners208
• Memorial Human Rights Centre125
• SOVA Research Centre4
• SOVA Information and Analysis Centre1