Documented cases

3 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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Azat Shayekhov

Two election observers from the Yablok party were taken to a police station in Tatarstan. One was taken from polling station 2836 and the other, Azat Shayekhov, from polling station 135.

LAST UPDATED · OCT 7, 2026

Detained

RU-CMTL

UNKNOWN

Almetyevsk, Tatarstan, Russia

political

Farhad Navlyutov

Farhad Navlyutov, a charity worker from Almetyevsk, was sentenced to 2 years and 5 months in a general regime colony for failing to register as a foreign agent. This sentence was added to a previous conviction for drug possession.

LAST UPDATED · OCT 15, 2026

Fazil Valiakhmetov

Fazil Valiakhmetov, a 71-year-old historian from Tatarstan, was sentenced to six years in prison for an anti-war post on VKontakte and for sharing a video from the 'Freedom of Russia' Legion. He was detained despite suffering from severe hypertension.

HEALTH CONCERNS INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION

LAST UPDATED · SEP 10, 2026

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