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Of these, 5 who asked that their names not be published — counted in the figure above and listed at the end.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

• Maxim Grigoriev
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Roman Grigoryan
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of SevastopolArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Denis Gritsenko
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
• Anatolii Gritsyk
  ImprisonedRostov OblastArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Anton Grishin
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code3 years 6 months
• Roman Gromov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 275.1, Russian Criminal Code
• Vitalii Gruzinov
  ImprisonedArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code21 years
• Roman Grushinskii
  ImprisonedArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
• Alexei Gryzunov
  ImprisonedNizhny Novgorod OblastArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Aidar Gubaidulin
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Ruslan Gubkin
  ImprisonedArkhangelsk OblastArticle 280.4 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Pavel Guguev
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 275.1, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Bekir Gugurik
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Khersonska oblastArticle 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Rustem Gugurik
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code8 years 6 months
• Sergei Gudym
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Khersonska oblastArticle 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Olga Gulchak
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Khersonska oblastArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Egor Gulyayev
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
• Artem Gumeniuk
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code8 years
• Denis Gura
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Donetska oblastArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Iurii Gura
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Donetska oblastArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years 6 months
• Vladislav Gurin
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Donetska oblastArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Huseyn Huseynov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Khersonska oblastArticle 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years 6 months
• Christian D'Alessandro
  ImprisonedMurmansk OblastArticle 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Umutbai Davletberdin
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years 7 months
• Dim Davletkildin
  ImprisonedOrenburg OblastArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years 6 months
• Mark Davydov
  ImprisonedKrasnodar KraiArticle 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Ramil Damirov
  ImprisonedOryol OblastArticle 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code9 years
• Irina Danilovich
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 11 months
• Ostap Demchuk
  ImprisonedAmur OblastArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Denis Demianenko
  ImprisonedArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code19 years
• Dmitry Denisov
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 354.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code1 year 8 months
• Olga Denisova
  ImprisonedArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Arsentii Derenutsa
  ImprisonedAltai KraiArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code16 years
• Nariman Derman
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Khersonska oblastArticle 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years 6 months
• Aleksei Detychev
  ImprisonedKhabarovsk KraiArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Dekhonov Aleksei
  ImprisonedKhabarovsk KraiArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Tomasz Dziemianczuk
  ImprisonedMurmansk OblastArticle 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Sergei Dziuba
  ImprisonedArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code20 years
• Viktor Didyk
  ImprisonedRostov OblastArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Roman Didyk
  ImprisonedRostov OblastArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Aleksandr Dimitrenko
  ImprisonedVoronezh OblastArticle 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code22 years 6 months
• Ivan Dmitrakov
  ImprisonedKursk OblastArticle 205 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Yurii Dmitriev
  ImprisonedKareliaArticle 132 part 4 item b, Russian Criminal Code15 years
• Mamed Dovgopoly
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Khersonska oblastArticle 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Oleg Doga
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Donetska oblastArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Roman Dolgov
  ImprisonedMurmansk OblastArticle 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Svetlana Dolgopolova
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Zaporizka oblastArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Aleksandr Dorogov
  ImprisonedMoscow OblastArticle 163 part 2, Russian Criminal Code10 years 6 months
• Artemii Doronin
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 205 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Natalia Doroshchenko
  ImprisonedIrkutsk OblastArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years 4 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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