Ilya Pershin was sentenced to three years in a low security penal colony on charges of using violence against a police officer at a protest rally on 31 January 2021. We consider the charges unproven and demand his conviction be quashed

The events of October 14, 2021

Alfyorov has been prosecuted more than twenty times for various alleged administrative offences because of his criticism of the authorities. Now he faces four criminal charges for ‘extremism’ and insulting public officials

Two young Chechens who criticized the authorities on the Internet were abducted and forced to publicly repent. After leaving Chechnya, they were detained in Nizhny Novgorod on charges of aiding and abetting militants

Pavel Grin-Romanov has been sentenced to three years in a penal colony for using pepper spray to protect his wife at a protest rally as it was being broken up by the authorities

Senior citizen Yuri Zhdanov has been held on remand for almost six months. The former civil servant is accused of assisting a person on the housing waiting list to illegally obtain an apartment

The total number of Jehovah’s Witnesses prosecuted for belonging to the faith’s communities exceeds 500. This is the largest group on our list of political prisoners

Olga Bendas has been sentenced to two years in a penal colony for assaulting a police officer by ‘striking the officer’s bulletproof jacket and helmet’

We are saddened to learn of the passing of Sergei Kovalev

Federyakov has been sentenced to a year and a half in a penal colony. Investigators assert he fired pepper spray at a riot police officer during the protests on 23 January 2021