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Of these, 5 who asked that their names not be published — counted in the figure above and listed at the end.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

• Alexander Sarbaev
  ImprisonedKhabarovsk KraiArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Mikhail Sbeglov
  ImprisonedKemerovo OblastArticle 208 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code4 years 6 months
• Oksana Sevastidi
  ImprisonedKrasnodar KraiArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Vladislav Sevostyanikhin
  ImprisonedBryansk OblastArticle 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code10 years
• Nasrulla Seydaliev
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code9 years
• Dmitri Seleznev
  ImprisonedAltai KraiArticle 205 part 3 item a applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
• Konstantin Seleznev
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code8 years
• Vadim Selin
  ImprisonedNizhny Novgorod OblastArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Liubov Selina
  ImprisonedArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Ivan Semikoz
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Luhanska oblastArticle 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code8 years 6 months
• Senedzhuk Oksana
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of SevastopolArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code15 years
• Oleg Sentsov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205 (part unknown) applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code20 years
• Daniil Sen'ko
  ImprisonedNizhny Novgorod OblastArticle 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Sergeeva Viktoriya
  ImprisonedKrasnodar KraiArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code
• Konstantin Sereda
  ImprisonedBelgorod OblastArticle 275 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Andrei Serezhenko
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Khersonska oblastArticle 222.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Alexey Settarov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Vladimir Settarov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years 6 months
• Alexey Sivokhin
  ImprisonedMoscow OblastArticle 205 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code10 years
• Olga Sivushkova (Pshenichnikova)
  ImprisonedVologda OblastArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Vera Sidorkina
  ImprisonedMari ElArticle 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Simonov Ivan
  ImprisonedSverdlovsk OblastArticle 205 part 2 item a, Russian Criminal Code22 years
• Denis Sinyakov
  ImprisonedMurmansk OblastArticle 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Igor Siomik
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code10 years
• Artem Skakalin
  ImprisonedBryansk OblastArticle 208 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Vladimir Skvortsov
  ImprisonedVologda OblastArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Grigorii Skvortsov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code16 years
• Sergey Skidan
  ImprisonedArticle 20.1 part 2, Russian Code of Administrative Offences18 years
• Aleksandr Skobov
  ImprisonedKomi RepublicArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code16 years
• Dmitry Skurikhin
  ImprisonedLeningrad OblastArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code1 year 6 months
• Stanislav Skshetuskii
  ImprisonedPenza OblastArticle 275.1 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code3 years 4 months
• Nina Slobodchikova
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Kirill Smirnov
  ImprisonedNizhny Novgorod OblastArticle 207.3 part 2 item b, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
• Alexey Smykov
  ImprisonedRostov OblastArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code23 years
• Aleksei Sobolev
  ImprisonedKomi RepublicArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Innokentiy Sokolov
  ImprisonedIrkutsk OblastArticle 280.4 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Aleksandr Sokolovskii
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Andrei Soloviev
  ImprisonedZabaykalsky KraiArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Roman Solomko
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
• Alexander Somriakov
  ImprisonedKrasnodar KraiArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Andrei Sopuliak
  ImprisonedRostov OblastArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code19 years
• Vasily Soroka
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
• Sergei Sosov
  ImprisonedTula OblastArticle 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code
• Olga Sofronova-Moskvina
  ImprisonedMordoviaArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Sergey Spanchek
  ImprisonedArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Camila Spesiale
  ImprisonedMurmansk OblastArticle 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Dmitry Stadnikov
  ImprisonedArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code20 years
• Alexander Stalberg
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 275.1, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Julia Stanica
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Khersonska oblastArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code12 years 6 months
• Egor Starshinov
  ImprisonedNizhny Novgorod OblastArticle 207.3 part 2 item b, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months

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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