Write to Russia – List of Political Prisoners / Prisoners of Conscience
Below is a list of persons unjustly imprisoned by Russia whose plight our project has so far highlighted. Updates are in bold. Each week we add at least one new…
Write to Russia: Igor Tyron, a village teacher sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on politically motivated charges
'Igor Tyron's prosecution for justifying terrorism was based solely on the fact that the Azov unit mentioned [in his online comments] has been designated a terrorist organization in Russia.' -…
Martin Dewhirst reviews ‘Russia’s New Imperialism: Capital and Ideology’ by Ilya Budraitskis and Ilya Matveev
29 August 2026 by Martin Dewhirst Ilya Budraitskis, Ilya Matveev, Russia’s New Imperialism: Capital and Ideology, Stanford University Press, Stanford, California. 2026. xii + 228 pp. £19.99. Paperback ISBN: 9781503647732 It’s now 35…
Martin Dewhirst reviews ‘Betrayal: Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest’ by Luke Harding
16 August 2026 by Martin Dewhirst Luke Harding, Betrayal: Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest, Guardian Faber, London, 2026, vi + 354 pp., £20. ISBN 978-1-78335-337-8. Goodness! Harding’s…
Rights in Russia Update
28 August 2026 https://www.rightsinrussia.org/write-to-russia-148/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/news-of-the-week-144/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/quotes-91/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/donate-support-us/
Quotes of the Week
Week-ending 28 August 2026 'According to the ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’ human rights project, at least 5,608 people in Russia and the occupied Ukrainian territories have been deprived of liberty with signs of…
News of the Week
Week-ending 28 August 2026 Russia’s War against Ukraine Ukrainian strikes in Samara region hit an Ozon warehouse. (The Moscow Times, 22/8/26) The governor of Russia's Orenburg region said two industrial…
Write to Russia: Adrian-David Kercho – a Romanian citizen sentenced to 15 years on a fabricated charge of espionage
Adrian-David Kercho is a Romanian citizen who lived in England. When he was 22, he travelled to the partially recognized republic of Abkhazia to marry a woman he met online.…
Rights in Russia Update
21 August 2026 https://www.rightsinrussia.org/write-to-russia-147/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/list-of-prisoners/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/news-of-the-week-143/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/quotes-90/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/donate-support-us/
News of the Week
Week-ending 21 August 2026 Russia’s War against Ukraine Nearly five years into the war, Russia is scrambling to find enough soldiers. (The Guardian, 14/8/26) Vladislav Balgrabsky is on trial for…
Quotes of the Week
Week-ending 21 August 2026 “Three years after their arbitrary arrests, six Ukrainian media professionals from Melitopol remain victims of the Kremlin’s repressive system. Nothing justifies their continued detention in Russian…
