# OVD-Info: Russian Political Repression

> 4,801 people are currently facing politically motivated criminal persecution in Russia; 2,175 are imprisoned.

OVD-Info is an independent human rights media project monitoring political persecution in Russia. This document aggregates all dashboards published at ovd.info/pulse.

Last updated: 12.07.2026

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## 1. Rosfinmonitoring Registry

URL: https://ovd.info/pulse/rosfinmonitoring

### Key statistics

- Currently in registry: 22 036
- Avg. daily additions (last 365 days): 15,1
- Share linked to political persecution cases: 12%

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## 2. Rosfinmonitoring Registry

URL: https://ovd.info/en/pulse/rosfinmonitoring

### Key statistics

- Currently in registry: 22 036
- Avg. daily additions (last 365 days): 15,1
- Share linked to political persecution cases: 12%

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## 3. Jehovah's Witnesses Persecution in Russia

URL: https://ovd.info/pulse/jehovah-witnesses

### Key statistics

- Currently persecuted: 719
- Imprisoned: 186
- Verdict stability: 88 %

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## 4. Jehovah's Witnesses Persecution in Russia

URL: https://ovd.info/en/pulse/jehovah-witnesses

### Key statistics

- Currently persecuted: 719
- Imprisoned: 186
- Verdict stability: 88%

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## 5. en-criminal

URL: https://ovd.info/en/pulse/criminal

### Key statistics

- Currently persecuted: 4 801 persons (6610 total since 2012) (The number of persons in politically motivated criminal cases whose prosecution has not yet concluded. We do not always know the exact status of politically persecuted persons: they may be in prison, have been fined, or sent to corrective labour)
- Imprisoned: 2 175 at the present time (The number of persons held in pre-trial detention centres, penal colonies, prison hospitals (including compulsory psychiatric treatment), or in transit. The exact location of some persecuted individuals is unknown, but we know for certain they are not free)
- Verdict stability: 91% remain unchanged
- 5 419 — Gender balance
- 4 801 — persons are currently being persecuted (The number of persons in politically motivated criminal cases since 2012 whose prosecution has not yet concluded. We do not always know the exact status of politically persecuted persons: they may be in prison, have been fined, or sent to corrective labour)
- 90 — regions and occupied territories where people are persecuted on political grounds (In most cases we have information about the region where the investigation was conducted, not the region of actual residence of the persecuted person.)
- 59 — regions and occupied territories where people are tortured for political reasons (Regions of places of imprisonment or sentence serving.)
- 5 019 — persecuted persons have already been convicted
- 2 745 — persons have been sentenced to actual imprisonment

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## 6. criminal

URL: https://ovd.info/pulse/criminal

### Key statistics

- Currently persecuted: 4,801
- Imprisoned: 2,175
- Verdict stability: 91 %
- New persecutions in last 365 days: 320
- New imprisonments in last 365 days: 111

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## Data sources

- [rfm JSON snapshot](https://repression.net/meta/rfm.json)
- [en-rfm JSON snapshot](https://repression.net/meta/en-rfm.json)
- [jw JSON snapshot](https://repression.net/meta/jw.json)
- [en-jw JSON snapshot](https://repression.net/meta/en-jw.json)
- [en-criminal JSON snapshot](https://repression.net/meta/en-criminal.json)
- [criminal JSON snapshot](https://repression.net/meta/criminal.json)
- [OVD-Info](https://ovdinfo.org)

## Coverage

- Time range: 2012 to present
- Geography: Russia
- Language: Russian (primary), English
- License: Open for non-commercial use with attribution to OVD-Info