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Comprehensive archive of political persecution: 11 individuals fighting for freedom and justice
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Ilya Sigida (Iona)
Ilya Sigida, an assistant abbot, was detained in Slavyansk-on-Kuban after a search of the Svyato-Pokrovsko-Tikhonovsky C...
Maksim Vladimirovich Makushin
Maksim Makushin, a contract soldier, was sentenced to 2 years and 8 months in a penal colony for refusing to participate...
Andrey Tsapkalenko
Andrey Tsapkalenko had a case brought against him for insulting the religious feelings of believers. The case stemmed fr...
Eugene Pinchuk (hieromonk Nikandr)
Eugene Pinchuk, a hieromonk, was initially fined for discrediting the Russian army in a social media post. He was later...
IIyas Belkharoev
IIyas Belkharoev, a resident of Ingushetia living in Ukraine, is accused of spreading "fakes" about the Russian Armed Fo...
Dmitry (John) Kurmoyarov
Dmitry (John) Kurmoyarov, a priest, was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment for a video criticizing the Russian military. ...
Defendant in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case, released from prison due to cancer, sent back into custody
Lenur Khalilov, a defendant in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case who was released from prison due to cancer, was detained again. H...
Nikita Sergeevich Zhuravel
Nikita Zhuravel was sentenced to 13 years and 6 months in prison for publicly insulting religious feelings and hooligani...
Sergey Vyacheslavovich Evstyukhin
Sergey Evstyukhin, a photographer and software engineer, is accused of publicly insulting religious feelings and desecra...
Aleksandr Sizikov
Aleksandr Sizikov, a blind Crimean, was detained again after a search of his home. His mother was told that a new crimi...
Aleksandr Sizikov
Aleksandr Sizikov, a blind Crimean, was arrested for 10 days for disobeying police during a search. He was previously se...