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Comprehensive archive of political persecution — 2 individuals fighting for freedom and justice across Russia, Belarus, Georgia, and Central Asia.

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Nadezhda Omelchenko

Nadezhda Omelchenko received a 3-year suspended sentence for inciting activities against the security of the Russian Federation. She called for mobilized citizens to disobey orders.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 26, 2026

Birobidzhan, Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Journalism

Sergei Arkadevich Kornilevsky

Sergei Kornilevsky, a journalist from Birobidzhan, was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months for a comment on Telegram that was deemed to justify terrorism after a shooting at a military recruitment office. He was placed on a list of terrorists and extremists and is currently serving his sentence in a correctional colony where he is under preventive supervision as "a person prone to anti-government agitation".

LAST UPDATED · MAY 26, 2026

Convicted