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.

• Vera Nikolaeva
  At largeMoscowArticle 243.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Alexander Nikolayenko
  At largeKemerovo OblastArticle 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
• Alexei Nikonorov
  At largeKostroma OblastArticle 272 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code3 years 7 months
• Pavel Novikov
  At largeMoscowArticle 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Sven Nordin
  At largeKaliningrad OblastArticle 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Dzhamil Nurakov
  At largeAmur OblastArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code1 year 6 months
• Marina Ovsyannikova
  Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code8 years 6 months
• Sergey Ozerov
  At largeMoscowArticle 205 item a (part unknown) applied with Article 30 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code8 years
• Alina Olekhnovich
  At largeMoscowArticle 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Andrei Oprysko
  At largeOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
• Oleg Orlov
  Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 129 part 3, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
• Alexander Orshulevich
  At largeKaliningrad OblastArticle 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code8 years
• Vladimir Osipov
  DeceasedMoscow OblastArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code6 years 6 months
• Taisia Osipova
  At largeSmolensk OblastArticle 228 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code8 years
• Vadim Ostanin
  Not in RussiaAltai KraiArticle 239 part 3, Russian Criminal Code9 years
• Anna Pavlikova
  At largeMoscowArticle 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Lilia Pavrianidis
  Not in RussiaRostov OblastArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Thomas Pipalas
  At largeMoscowArticle 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Anna Panteleeva
  At largeSaint PetersburgArticle 148 part 2, Russian Criminal Code1 year 6 months
• Maxim Panfilov
  At largeMoscowArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Petr Parpulov
  At largeKrasnodar KraiArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Valery Parfenov
  At largeMoscowArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code3 years 10 months
• Artemy Perevozchikov
  At largeMoscowArticle 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
• Miguel Hernán Pérez Orsi
  At largeMurmansk OblastArticle 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Anthony Perrette
  At largeMurmansk OblastArticle 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Maxim Petlin
  At largeSverdlovsk OblastArticle 290 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Ivan Petrov
  At largeMari ElArticle 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Andrey Pivovarov
  Not in RussiaKostroma OblastArticle 272 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Francesco Pisanu
  At largeMurmansk OblastArticle 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Roman Pichuzhin
  At largeMoscowArticle 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Nikolai Platoshkin
  At largeMoscowArticle 207.1, Russian Criminal Code
• Vladislav Plakhotnik
  Not in RussiaArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Alexander Pogrebov
  At largeMoscowArticle 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Ivan Podkopaev
  At largeMoscowArticle 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Vladimir Podrezov
  At largeMoscowArticle 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Igor Pokusin
  DeceasedKhakassiaArticle 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code8 years 1 month
• Aleksandr Poletaev
  At largePrimorsky KraiArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Poletaev Dmitrii Vladimirovich
  At largeMoscowArticle 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Alexey Politikov
  At largeMoscowArticle 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code1 year 6 months
• Aleksey Polikhovich
  At largeMoscowArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years 6 months
• Alexander Pohl
  At largeMurmansk OblastArticle 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Popov Sergei Nikolaevich
  Not in RussiaOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
• Natalia Prydatchenko
  Not in RussiaRostov OblastArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Nuri (Yuri) Primov
  At largeOccupied territory of SevastopolArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Vladimir Prisich
  At largeOccupied territory of SevastopolArticle 228 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Dmitry Protopopov
  At largeMoscowArticle 282.2 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
• Liliia Prutian
  Not in RussiaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Dmitry Putenikhin
  At largeMoscowArticle 319 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
• Samariddin Rajabov
  At largeMoscowArticle 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Leonid Razvozzhayev
  At largeMoscowArticle 212 part 1, Russian Criminal Code4 years 6 months

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