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Comprehensive archive of political persecution — 187 individuals fighting for freedom and justice

Documented Cases.

Comprehensive archive of political persecution — 187 individuals fighting for freedom and justice across Russia, Belarus, Georgia, and Central Asia.

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Sergey Chadaev

Sergey Chadaev was fined 100,000 rubles for making an obscene comment on the VKontakte social network. The comment was directed at a post regarding a woman providing supplies to soldiers at the front.

LAST UPDATED · JUN 25, 2026

Ilya Olegovich Treshchalin

Ilya Olegovich Treshchalin is in custody. According to the Memorial project, the form of repression against him is detention. He is currently under investigation. His current location is Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 of the Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Moscow. The project classifies the case under the category "Cases of Justification of Terrorism."

LAST UPDATED · JUL 3, 2026

Andrey Soldatov

Andrey Soldatov, a journalist, is accused of spreading false information about the Russian Armed Forces based on a YouTube video. He is wanted, his property was arrested, and Interpol refused Russia's extradition request.

Documented Cases.

Sergey Chadaev

Ilya Olegovich Treshchalin

Andrey Soldatov

Nikolai Polozov

Ruslan Matveev

Anna Kuzminykh

Eduard Karpov

Igor Orzhevsky

Grigory Chkhartishvili

Oleg Kashintsev

Artur Sarkisov

Maxim Katz

Anastasia Burakova

Grigorii Chkhartishvili

Sergei Medvedev

Alexander Nizamov

Christo Grozev

IIyas Belkharoev

Banar D.

Valeria Ratnikova

Ekaterina Kotrikadze

Elena Filina

Tamara Eidelman

Andrey Kotov