Recognition by human rights organisations

Recognised as political prisoners

1,404 people

People whom human rights organisations have formally recognised as political prisoners. The criteria belong to those organisations; 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; the rest have been released, are under other restrictions or have left the country. And 1,283 of the 2,155 people currently imprisoned carry no such recognition — see who is imprisoned right now.

• Alexander Kolchenko
  At largeOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205 (part unknown) applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code10 years
• Daniil Konstantinov
  At largeMoscowArticle 213 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Maxim Kormelitsky
  At largeNovosibirsk OblastArticle 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code1 year 3 months
• Sergey Korneev
  At largeChelyabinsk OblastArticle 280.4 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Evgeniya Korotkova
  At largeMoscowArticle 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Alexander Kostenko
  Not in RussiaOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code3 years 6 months
• Ruslan Kostylenkov
  At largeMoscowArticle 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 9 months
• Vladislav Kostyshyn
  Not in RussiaOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
• Konstantin Kotov
  Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 212.1, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Konstantin Kochanov
  Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 213 part 1 item b, Russian Criminal Code
• Martin Kochesoko (Kochesokov)
  Not in RussiaKabardino-BalkariaArticle 228 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Gennady Kravtsov
  At largeMoscowArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Dmitry Krepkin
  At largeMoscowArticle 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code1 year 6 months
• Nikita Kreshchuk
  At largeMoscowArticle 212 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Sergey Krivov
  At largeMoscowArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years 9 months
• Sergei Krivosheev
  At largeVoronezh OblastArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Olesia Krivtsova
  Not in RussiaArkhangelsk OblastArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Pavel Krisevich
  Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Vyacheslav Kryukov
  At largeMoscowArticle 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Tamara Kriukova
  At largeMagadan OblastArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Viktor Kudryavtsev
  DeceasedMoscowArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code
• Igor Kuznetsov
  At largeMoscowArticle 212 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Yuri Kuliy
  At largeMoscowArticle 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code8 months
• Alexei Kungurov
  At largeTyumen OblastArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Grigory Kunis
  Not in RussiaSaint PetersburgArticle 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Alexei Kurlov
  At largeMoscowArticle 212 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Alsu Kurmasheva
  Not in RussiaTatarstanArticle 207.3 part 2 items g, d, Russian Criminal Code6 years 6 months
• Ruslan Kutaev
  At largeChechnyaArticle 228 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code3 years 10 months
• Sergey Lavrov
  At largeKursk OblastArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Evgenii Lazutin
  At largeKhanty-Mansi Autonomous OkrugArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code1 year
• Konstantin Lakeev
  At largeMoscowArticle 167 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years 8 months
• Dmitrii Lamanov
  At largeMoscowArticle 212 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Victor Lapitsky
  DeceasedSaint PetersburgArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Vladimir Lapygin
  At largeMoscowArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Egor Lauskis
  At largeSaint PetersburgArticle 205 part 2, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Konstantin Lebedev
  At largeMoscowArticle 212 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
• Platon Lebedev
  At largeMoscowArticle 159 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code10 years 7 months
• Igor Levchenko
  Not in RussiaMoscow OblastArticle 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Valerii Ledkov
  At largeKhanty-Mansi Autonomous OkrugArticle 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Anna Lepeshkina
  At largeMoscowArticle 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Lev Lerman
  At largeNizhny Novgorod OblastArticle 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Yegor Lesnykh
  At largeMoscowArticle 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Kevin Leak
  Not in RussiaAdygeaArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Vladimir Lisovoy
  At largeOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
• Sergey Litvinov
  At largeRostov OblastArticle 162 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code8 years 6 months
• Sergey Loshkarev
  At largeRostov OblastArticle 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code1 year 11 months
• Maxim Luzyanin
  At largeMoscowArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code4 years 6 months
• Alexey Lukyanov
  At largeKaluga OblastArticle 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Denis Lutskiewicz
  At largeMoscowArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years 6 months
• Anastasia Lysenkova
  At largeMoscowArticle 243.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code

Who does the recognising

Number of people in the database recognised by each organisation — all statuses, not only political prisoner. Criteria and procedure belong to the organisations themselves; their sites are linked where the address is unambiguous.

• Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners1,489
• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners811
• SOVA Information and Analysis Centre738
• OVD-Info554
• Memorial Human Rights Centre497
• SOVA Research Centre253
• Amnesty International23
• Ekouznik5
• Crimean Field Mission4
• Solidarity Zone2
• IStories1
• Civic Assistance Committee1
• Krym.Realii1
• Crimean Human Rights Group1
• Mediazona1
• Pervy Otdel1
• Roskomsvoboda1
• Sibir.Realii1
• Glasnost Defence Foundation1