The NGO “Association of Relatives of Kremlin Political Prisoners” publishes the results of its work for September 2025 based on 20 interview protocols with victims and their families, as well as accompanying materials (copies of verdicts/reports, responses from authorities, data on transfers). The review records unlawful deprivation of liberty, enforced disappearances, torture/inhumane treatment, forced displacement (deportations), and “closed trials” — acts that constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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Recommendations to state authorities
January 4, 2024

The need for urgent measures to implement the legislation on social and legal support for hostages, prisoners, political prisoners

Based on the results of the public discussion on the Day of the Political Prisoner, we have prepared recommendations for authorities to take action to protect the rights of prisoners and their families.
February 28, 2025

Analytical review of the activities of the NGO “Association of Relatives of Kremlin Political Prisoners” regarding the documentation of war crimes committed by the Russian Federation against the civilian population in Ukraine in February 2025

Since 2022, we have interviewed 462 witnesses of enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions, and crimes against the civilian population, including shelling of civilian infrastructure, appropriation of private property by the occupiers, and unlawful deprivation of liberty. As of the end of February 2025, information has been found on 310 civilians who were arbitrarily detained by representatives of the Russian Federation or groups controlled by the aggressor country, 22 of whom were identified during the processing of testimonies in February 2025.