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1 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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Maria Smorzhenskikh-Smirnova

Maria Smorzhenskikh-Smirnova, director of the Narva Museum, was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in a general regime colony. The charges involve organizing the placement of a banner in Narva calling Putin a war criminal.

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Russia · Art. 207.3 · military "fakes"
Russia · Art. 280.3 · "discrediting" the army
Russia · Art. 205.2 · justification of terrorism
Russia · Art. 275 · high treason
Russia · Art. 275.1 · confidential cooperation with a foreign state
Russia · Art. 205.5 · participation in a terrorist organization
Russia · Art. 282.2 · participation in an extremist organization
Russia · Art. 280 · calls to extremism
Russia · Art. 354.1 · rehabilitation of Nazism
Russia · Art. 205 · terrorist act
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