On the basis of the research of the Russian association OVD-Info, we have identified 30 cases of Russian citizens sentenced for political reasons to effective prison terms from 1 to 22 years (almost 270 years in total) in June 2025 and serving them in various detention centers. These statistics do not claim to be exhaustive but only reflect a part of the reality.
[Here are some examples:]
A teacher from the Moscow region was sentenced in absentia to 7 years in prison because of a conversation with schoolchildren about the war
A military pensioner from the Nizhny Novgorod region was sentenced to 18 years in prison for anti-war leaflets
In Yekaterinburg, an officer who opposed the war in Ukraine was sentenced to 18 years in prison for “treason.”
A St. Petersburg local historian was sentenced to 1 year in prison because of a comment about a Finnish sniper
A resident of the Irkutsk region was sentenced to 6 years in prison because of comments about the security forces
A student from Chuvashia was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison because of anti-war graffiti. A third criminal case was opened against him
A volunteer of the “Army of Beauties” who helped Ukrainian refugees was sentenced to 22 years in prison
A Georgian oppositionist was sentenced to 2 years in prison because of posts about Georgians fighting in the Armed Forces of Ukraine
A businessman from Chelyabinsk was sentenced to 5.5 years in prison in a criminal case of commenting about the war
A resident of Mariupol [a Ukrainian city currently occupied by the Russians] was sentenced to 6 years in prison because of “posts.”
A Samara eco-activist was sentenced to 20 years in prison under three articles, including treason
An ex-policeman was sentenced to 14 years for anti-war inscriptions and participation in a “terrorist” organization.
A typist from the Sverdlovsk region was sentenced to 20 years for attempting to set fire to the military registration and enlistment office
A resident of Smolensk was sentenced to 3 years in prison because of comments about the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a video about the USSR.
See the full list and details here.