People Persecuted for Political Reasons in Russia

Every day, we monitor criminal cases initiated in Russia for political reasons and collect information about those being persecuted—people targeted because of their professional activities, religious beliefs, anti-war stance, or other views that are not aligned with the state.

The database makes it possible to study patterns of persecution across specific categories. Use the navigation to filter cases by status and category, quickly find individual profiles of political prisoners, or explore the interactive version with charts and statistics.