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Of these, 5 who asked that their names not be published — counted in the figure above and listed at the end.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

• Valery Kotovich
  ImprisonedRostov OblastArticle 207.3 part 2 items a, d, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Yuri Kokhovets
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Vladislav Kraval
  ImprisonedKomi RepublicArticle 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years 3 months
• Antonina Kravtsova (Favorskaia)
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years 6 months
• Bogdan Kravchenko
  ImprisonedArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code19 years
• Aleksandr Kraichik
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Petr Krasko
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code8 years 6 months
• Sergei Krasiuk
  ImprisonedMoscow OblastArticle 280.3 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Kreynert Bogdan
  ImprisonedKrasnodar KraiArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Vladislav Krenik
  ImprisonedOmsk OblastArticle 337 part 5, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Alexander Krechetov
  ImprisonedKemerovo OblastArticle 275.1, Russian Criminal Code
• Kirill Krivenko
  ImprisonedArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
• Vitalii Krivoshlyk
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Artem Kriger
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years 6 months
• Mikhail Krieger
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Vitalii Krokhalev
  ImprisonedArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code16 years
• Albert Kruglov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code8 years
• Maksim Kruglov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
• Kruchinin Aleksandr
  ImprisonedSverdlovsk OblastArticle 205 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Vyacheslav Kryukov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Ivan Kryukov
  ImprisonedLeningrad OblastArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Rasul Kudaev
  ImprisonedKabardino-BalkariaArticle 105 part 2 items a, e, zh, z, Russian Criminal Code
• Ibragim Kudzhanov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Luhanska oblastArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years 6 months
• Alexei Kudinov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Donetska oblastArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Ivan Kudriashov
  ImprisonedTver OblastArticle 205 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code4 years 10 months
• Vladimir Kuznetsov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Luhanska oblastArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
  ImprisonedBelgorod OblastArticle 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code9 years
• Maxim Kuznetsov
  ImprisonedVolgograd OblastArticle 275.1, Russian Criminal Code
• Ekaterina Kuzmenko (Korshik)
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Luhanska oblastArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Andrey Kuzmichev
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 275.1, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Vasily Kuksov
  ImprisonedPenza OblastArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code9 years
• Emir-Usein Kuku
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Andrei Kulievich
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code7 years 6 months
• Vsevolod Kulikov
  ImprisonedLipetsk OblastArticle 205 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code8 years 10 months
• Mikhail Kulkov
  ImprisonedPenza OblastArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code10 years
• Zakir Kulmukhametov
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code4 years 6 months
• Evgeniya Kumpan
  ImprisonedKaliningrad OblastArticle 280.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years 4 months
• Vladimir Kuprin
  ImprisonedKurgan OblastArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Mikhail Kupriyanov
  ImprisonedIvanovo OblastArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Magomed Kurabegov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 275.1, Russian Criminal Code
• Sergei Kurylenko
  ImprisonedKrasnoyarsk KraiArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Appaz Kurtamatov (Kurtamet)
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 208 part 1, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Halil Kurtamet
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Khersonska oblastArticle 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code8 years
• Andrey Kurylev
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Ilya Kutsev
  ImprisonedBryansk OblastArticle 208 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Nikita Kucher
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Donetska oblastArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Maxim Lavrentiev
  ImprisonedKemerovo OblastArticle 115 part 2 items a, v, Russian Criminal Code9 years
• Nikolai Lagutin
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Ivan Ladchenko
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code10 years 8 months
• Mikhail Lazakovich
  ImprisonedTver OblastArticle 205 part 1, Russian Criminal Code11 years

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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