Documented cases

6 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

Dmytro Slabkovsky

Dmytro Slabkovsky was fined for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces in social media posts. His comments included criticism of the war in Ukraine and the Russian government.

LAST UPDATED · AUG 16, 2026

Convicted

RU-CMGO

25 YRS

Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan

Social media

Ravil Nabiullin

Ravil Nabiullin was given a three-year suspended sentence for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. The case stems from comments he made on the Nevzorov Telegram channel insulting Russian military stationed in Ukraine.

LAST UPDATED · AUG 16, 2026

Convicted

RU-CMGO

AGE UNKNOWN

Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan

Social media

Artem Parfenov

Artem Parfenov was sentenced to a suspended prison sentence for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces due to comments he made on VKontakte about the war in Ukraine, in which he condemned the invasion and called the Russian military \"orcs.\" He was also banned from administering websites for three years.

LAST UPDATED · AUG 16, 2026

Convicted

RU-CMS7

AGE UNKNOWN

Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan

Sergey Vishnyakov

Sergey Vishnyakov from Naberezhnye Chelny was sentenced to 21 years in a strict regime colony for high treason and plotting to kill a military official linked to the 'Sparta' battalion. He was also accused of passing information about industrial facilities to Ukraine.

LAST UPDATED · NOV 7, 2026

Convicted

RU-CMI8

51 YRS

Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan

Social media

Sergey Novokreschennykh

Sergey Novokreschennykh was initially given a suspended sentence for posting "non-credible information" about the war in Ukraine and incitement of hatred. The sentence was later replaced with corrective labor.

LAST UPDATED · AUG 16, 2026

Convicted

RU-CMI8

41 YRS

Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan

Anti-war

Ruslan Ganeyev

Ruslan Ganeyev was sentenced to 10 months of corrective labor for disseminating "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces. He initially failed to appear in court and was placed on a wanted list before being found and taken into custody.

LAST UPDATED · AUG 16, 2026

Convicted

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