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Of these, 5 who asked that their names not be published — counted in the figure above and listed at the end.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, 872 are behind bars right now. And 1,283 of the 2,155 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 (499) · persecuted on political grounds (133) · other statuses (27)

• 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
• Andrei Lazarenko
  ImprisonedMordoviaArticle 205 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Tatiana Laletina
  ImprisonedTomsk OblastArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code9 years
• Konstantin Lantinov
  ImprisonedArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Viktor Levakov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code3 years 6 months
• Dmitrii Levin
  ImprisonedKrasnodar KraiArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code15 years
• Georgii Levchenko
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Zaporizka oblastArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code16 years
• Konstantin Ledkov
  ImprisonedNenets Autonomous OkrugArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code5 years 6 months
• Varvara Lemann
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Nikolay Lenitsky
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Khersonska oblastArticle 207.3 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years 10 months
• Valerii Lizun
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 275.1, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Lyubov Lizunova
  ImprisonedZabaykalsky KraiArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years 6 months
• Vladimir Linnik
  ImprisonedRostov OblastArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Sergei Lintsov
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Roman Linkov
  ImprisonedPenza OblastArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Aleksei Liptser
  ImprisonedVladimir OblastArticle 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Dmitry Lisovets
  ImprisonedRostov OblastArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal Code16 years
• Stanislav Lisovskii
  ImprisonedKrasnodar KraiArticle 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Vladimir Litvinov
  ImprisonedKaliningrad OblastArticle 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
• Daniil Likhanov
  ImprisonedNovosibirsk OblastArticle 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Sergei Loshakov
  ImprisonedKhanty-Mansi Autonomous OkrugArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code9 years
• Mikhail Loshchinin
  ImprisonedPskov OblastArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code16 years
• Andrei Lugovoi
  ImprisonedKaliningrad OblastArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Mehriban Lukinskaya
  ImprisonedRyazan OblastArticle 275.1, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Vyacheslav Lutor
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code10 years
• Maxim Lypkan
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
• Oleh Lysenko
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 275, Russian Criminal Code
• Alexander Lubas
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code20 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 Prisoners208
• Memorial Human Rights Centre125
• SOVA Research Centre4
• SOVA Information and Analysis Centre1