More than half of Russians believe that their country imprisons people for political reasons, an all-time high since the independent Levada Center polling agency first conducted the survey in 2004.
The Moscow Times: 2 in 3 Russians believe Russia has political prisoners
A woman holds a poster reading "Free political prisoners !" during a picket at the monument to Russian writer Alexander Groboyedov in Moscow on August 31, 2019.
