Documented cases

11 people held for political reasons in Russia, Belarus, Georgia and Central Asia. Search by name, or filter by country, charge, arrest date and sentence.

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Urgency

Daniil Komyshev

Daniil Komyshev was fined for publicly justifying terrorism through videos and messages that allegedly called for setting fire to military recruiting offices and justified the bombing of the Crimean Bridge.

LAST UPDATED · AUG 16, 2026

Yuryansk district, Kirov Oblast

Social media

Aleksei Marfin

Aleksei Marfin was sentenced to five and a half years in prison and fined 500,000 rubles for spreading false information about the Russian Armed Forces and rehabilitating Nazism. He was also banned from administering websites and posting online.

LAST UPDATED · SEP 10, 2026

Dmitry Prozorov

Dmitry Prozorov, a former law enforcement officer, was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony for spreading false information about the Russian Armed Forces. The case was initiated due to comments he made about Bucha in an online community.

LAST UPDATED · AUG 16, 2026

Alexey Norin

Alexey Norin was sentenced in absentia to five years in a general-regime penal colony for spreading knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Further details of his case are unknown.

LAST UPDATED · AUG 16, 2026

Nikita Fominykh

Nikita Fominykh was convicted for spreading "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces on social media. The case was based on posts on VKontakte alleging civilian deaths and destruction in Ukraine.

LAST UPDATED · AUG 16, 2026

Dmitrii Golovin

Dmitrii Golovin was prosecuted for disseminating false information about the Russian Armed Forces. He was sentenced on September 4, 2025, but the details of the sentence are unknown.

LAST UPDATED · AUG 16, 2026

Raisa Novoselova

Raisa Novoselova, a cleaner from the Kirov region, received a suspended sentence of 6 months for insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland. The case was based on a comment she left under a post about a deceased participant in the war in Ukraine.

LAST UPDATED · AUG 16, 2026

Anton Dolgikh

Anton Dolgikh, a lawyer and blogger known for criticizing local authorities, was detained in Kirov. He is facing charges of using violence against a representative of authority, specifically allegedly striking an FSIN officer.

LAST UPDATED · OCT 25, 2026

Alexey Marfin

Alexey Marfin was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony for social media comments criticizing the Russian military and the war in Ukraine. He was also fined 500,000 rubles.

LAST UPDATED · OCT 25, 2026

Nikita Bogomolov

Former soldier Nikita Bogomolov was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony for high treason and attempting to recruit a former classmate into the RDK. He was detained in August 2024.

LAST UPDATED · NOV 7, 2026

Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast

Protest

Egor Danielevich Balazeikin

Egor Balazeikin, a minor, was sentenced to 6 years in prison for attempted terrorist act. He was accused of attempting to set fire to military enlistment offices in St. Petersburg and Kirovsk as a protest against the war in Ukraine.

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LAST UPDATED · AUG 16, 2026

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