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Comprehensive archive of political persecution — 4 individuals fighting for freedom and justice

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Comprehensive archive of political persecution — 4 individuals fighting for freedom and justice across Russia, Belarus, Georgia, and Central Asia.

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Bohdan Mityuk

Bohdan Mityuk from Bryansk is on trial for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. He was previously fined for a picture depicting a swastika merged with the letter Z.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 26, 2026

Bryansk, Bryansk Oblast

anti war

Dmitry Kalashnikov

Dmitry Kalashnikov was sentenced to eight months in a penal colony for rehabilitating Nazism. The charges arose from a comment made in a messenger groupchat that expressed a negative attitude towards the special military operation and symbols of Russian military glory.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 26, 2026

Belaya Berezka, Bryansk Oblast

Other

Kirill Andreevich Belousov

Kirill Belousov was sentenced to 5 years in a strict regime colony for attempting to join the Legion "Freedom of Russia" in Ukraine. He was detained near the Ukrainian border and initially charged with administrative offenses before the criminal case was opened.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 26, 2026

Ilya Vladimirovich Kutsev

Ilya Kutsev was sentenced to 7 years in prison for attempting to join the Ukrainian Legion "Freedom of Russia." He was detained while trying to cross the border into Belarus.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 26, 2026

Convicted