Documented cases

4 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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Vladimir Bayramov

Vladimir Bayramov was convicted of incitement to terrorism for aggressive remarks about mobilization made in a social media community. He was sentenced to two years in prison.

LAST UPDATED · AUG 16, 2026

Convicted

RU-CMGO

53 YRS

Samara, Samara Oblast

Social media

Evgeny Dolgopolov

Evgeny Dolgopolov was fined for discrediting the Russian army in an Odnoklassniki comment and a criminal case was opened against him for repeated discrediting. The details of the case and final sentence are unknown.

LAST UPDATED · AUG 16, 2026

Convicted

RU-CMGN

30 YRS

Samara, Samara Oblast

Social media

Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Bayramov

Vladimir Bayramov was sentenced to 2 years in a general regime colony for public calls to terrorism made online. He posted comments on VK in 2018 and 2022 that were deemed to be calls for violence against Vladimir Putin.

LAST UPDATED · AUG 16, 2026

Convicted

RU-CMI8

53 YRS

Samara, Samara Oblast

Social media

Sergei Karnovskiy

Sergei Karnovskiy was fined for disseminating false information about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism, based on three publications on the VKontakte social media platform.

LAST UPDATED · AUG 16, 2026

Convicted

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