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.

• Ivan Lyubshin
  At largeKaluga OblastArticle 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years 2 months
• Nikolay Lyaskin
  At largeMoscowArticle 159 part 4, Russian Criminal Code
• Sergei Mazin
  At largeVologda OblastArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Vladislava Maiboroda
  Not in RussiaRostov OblastArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Aleksei Maksimov
  Not in RussiaArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Viacheslav Malakhov
  At largeMoscowArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Iurii Malev
  At largeSaint PetersburgArticle 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Eduard Malyshevsky
  At largeMoscowArticle 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years 9 months
• Igor Maltsev
  At largeSaint PetersburgArticle 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years 8 months
• Alexander (Father Nicholas) Mamayev
  At largeKaliningrad OblastArticle 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Eugenia Shelkovnikova
  At largeKrasnoyarsk KraiArticle 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Alexander Margolin
  At largeMoscowArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years 6 months
• Svetlana Marina
  At largeKirov OblastArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Maxim Martintsov
  At largeMoscowArticle 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
• Kirill Martyushev
  At largeTyumen OblastArticle 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Mikail Markhiev
  At largeMoscowArticle 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Igor Matveev
  At largePrimorsky KraiArticle 159 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code4 years 5 months
• Vasyly Meleshko
  At large with restrictionsKrasnodar KraiArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Oleg Melnichuk
  At largeOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
• Vladimir Metelkin
  Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 151.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Pyotr Miloserdov
  At largeMoscowArticle 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
• Sergei Mingazov
  DeceasedKhabarovsk KraiArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
• Alexey Minyailo
  At largeMoscowArticle 212 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Azat Mirzin
  At largeBashkortostanArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code4 years 6 months
• Stanislav Mityaev
  At largeMoscowArticle 282 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
• Konstantin Mikheev
  At largeArkhangelsk OblastArticle 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Marina Mischenko
  Not in RussiaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Irina Mogitich
  Not in RussiaRostov OblastArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Aleksandr Moiseiuk
  At largeRyazan OblastArticle 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Roman Mokryak
  At largeOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
• Dmitrii Morozov
  At largeKrasnodar KraiArticle 332 part 2.1, Russian Criminal Code2 years 4 months
• Alexey Moroshkin
  At largeChelyabinsk OblastArticle 214 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Timofey Mokhnenko
  At largeMoscowArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Rustem Mulyukov
  At largeBashkortostanArticle 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
• Grigory Mumrikov
  At largeMoscowArticle 213 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 3, Article 33 part 5, Russian Criminal Code
• Dmitry Murachev
  At largeTuvaArticle 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Valliam Mutallapov
  At large with restrictionsOrenburg OblastArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Yuri Mukhin
  At largeMoscowArticle 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Alexander Mylnikov
  At largeMoscowArticle 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Alexei Navalny
  DeceasedKirov OblastArticle 128.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code19 years
• Oleg Navalny
  Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 159 part 4, Russian Criminal Code3 years 6 months
• Ismail Nalgiev
  At largeIngushetiaArticle 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code8 years
• Alexandra Naumova (Dukhanina)
  At largeMoscowArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years 3 months
• Bogdan Nebylitsa
  At largeOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
• Sergey Nevorotin
  DeceasedTver OblastArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Prokhor Neizhmakov
  At largeVladimir OblastArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Ivan Nepomnyashchikh
  At largeMoscowArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
• Vladislav Nikitenko
  At largeAmur OblastArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Sergey Nikiforov
  At largeAmur OblastArticle 290 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Leonid Nikolaev
  DeceasedSaint PetersburgArticle 213 part 1, 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