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Of these, 5 who asked that their names not be published — counted in the figure above and listed at the end.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

• Aslambek Ezhayev
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205.1 part 1 applied with Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Bakhrom Ergashev
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 205 part 3, Russian Criminal Code18 years 11 months
• Ibrahimjon Ermatov
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 205 part 3, Russian Criminal Code26 years 10 months
• Mukhamadyusup Ermatov
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 205 part 3, Russian Criminal Code27 years 10 months
• Andrey Etkeev
  ImprisonedKirov OblastArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Svyatoslav Yugov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 284.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code3 years 6 months
• Leonid Iudin
  ImprisonedBryansk OblastArticle 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
• Sagit Yulmukhametov
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code4 years 6 months
• Dmitrii Iukhnov
  ImprisonedArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Vladimir Yakovenko
  ImprisonedArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Igor Yakovenko
  ImprisonedKrasnodar KraiArticle 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Danila Yakovlev
  ImprisonedAltai KraiArticle 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
• Pavel Iakovlev
  ImprisonedSverdlovsk OblastArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Yuri Yakovlev
  ImprisonedKrasnoyarsk KraiArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 2 months
• Snezhana Yakunina
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Zaporizka oblastArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Igor Iakunichev
  ImprisonedYamalo-Nenets Autonomous OkrugArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Yartsev Anton
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 280.4 part 3, Russian Criminal Code5 years 6 months
• Vener Yaubasarov
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Sergei Yatskov
  ImprisonedArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code20 years
• Aleksander Akelin
  Under house arrestSaratov OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Golovina Tatyana
  Under house arrestNovosibirsk OblastArticle 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Valery Dobrovolsky
  Under house arrestKamchatka KraiArticle 275.1, Russian Criminal Code
• Sergei Efremov
  Under house arrestSaratov OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Anton Zhigalov
  Under house arrestKaliningrad OblastArticle 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Vladimir Zhuravlev
  Under house arrestSaint PetersburgArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
• Alexei Kazakov
  Under house arrestSaratov OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Alexander Klimov
  Under house arrestOrenburg OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Nikolai Komarov
  Under house arrestMoscowArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Filipp Ombysh
  Under house arrestSaratov OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Vyacheslav Polkanov
  Under house arrestTomsk OblastArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Mikhail Proshenkov
  Under house arrestSaratov OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Anastasia Ulybysheva
  Under house arrestMoscowArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Shahban Abakargadzhiev
  Location unknownDagestanArticle 207.3 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code
• Yurii Avsenev
  Location unknownVoronezh OblastArticle 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Aleksandr Arsenev
  Location unknownSaint PetersburgArticle 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code1 year 8 months
• Fatikh Akhmetshin
  Location unknownBashkortostanArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code4 years 6 months
• Artem Velichko
  Location unknownMordoviaArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Anton Voronin
  Location unknownNizhny Novgorod OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Alla Gutnikova
  Location unknownMoscowArticle 151.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 months
• Dmitrii Dolzhikov
  Location unknownNovosibirsk OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Yuri Zhdanov
  Location unknownNenets Autonomous OkrugArticle 159 part 4, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Igor Zhitenev
  Location unknownVoronezh OblastArticle 163 part 3 item b, Russian Criminal Code
• Vitaly Zaitsev
  Location unknownTula OblastArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Pavel Zlomnov
  Location unknownSaint PetersburgArticle 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Oleg Ivanov
  Location unknownMoscowArticle 205 item a (part unknown) applied with Article 30 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Alexey Isakov
  Location unknownMoscowArticle 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Alexey Kalyuzhny
  Location unknownArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
• Sergey Kamensky
  Location unknownKemerovo OblastArticle 115 part 2 items a, v, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Mikhail Klevachev
  Location unknownMoscow OblastArticle 105 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code19 years
• Ilia Kovalenko
  Location unknownArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code

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