The NGO “Association of Relatives of the Kremlin’s Political Prisoners” publishes an analytical report prepared based on the results of a public review of the activities of the Commission for Establishing the Fact of Deprivation of Personal Liberty as a Result of Armed Aggression against Ukraine. The report systematizes the regulatory framework governing the Commission’s work, analyzes its administrative practice, and identifies key shortcomings in decision-making procedures and in victims’ access to social guarantees. Particular attention is paid to issues related to the burden of proof, the determination of the political motive of persecution, and the safeguarding of applicants’ right to be heard. Based on a legal analysis, a review of the Commission’s decisions, and surveys of affected individuals, the report formulates recommendations aimed at improving the regulatory framework, institutional capacity, and procedural fairness in order to strengthen state support for victims of unlawful deprivation of liberty.

The analytical review for December 2025 was prepared on the basis of an analysis of fourteen testimonies provided by witnesses and victims concerning the unlawful deprivation of personal liberty of fourteen civilian individuals as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. The review covers the period from 2022 to 2025 and documents the detention of civilians in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and in the Russian Federation, their confinement in unofficial places of detention, cases of enforced disappearance, incommunicado detention, torture, and persecution on the basis of pro-Ukrainian views or family ties. The collected materials indicate the systemic nature of these violations, which bear the hallmarks of war crimes and may amount to crimes against humanity under international criminal law.