"Mutual amnesty for 'political prisoners.'" Russia has acknowledged for the first time the existence of people persecuted for political reasons in the country.

On this noticed Project "First Department".

"Russia has effectively acknowledged the practice of prosecuting individuals for political reasons. It can be concluded that the Russian authorities maintain a special registry of political prisoners and have some methodologies for identifying them."- считает lawyer Evgeny Smirnov, collaborating with the First Department.

Section 2, paragraph 7 (Terms of the Ceasefire) of the memorandum on the end of the war, which Russia handed over to Ukraine, reads as follows: 

"Mutual amnesty of "political prisoners" and release of detained civilians." 

Previously, top government officials have repeatedly stated that no one is persecuted in Russia for their political beliefs. 

Memorial's list of political prisoners currently includes 956 people. OVD-Info's list includes over 1600. 
NotMoscow Wrote that in 2024, 10 people fell victim to political repression, and at least 17 of them died. Many journalists are among those persecuted for political reasons. The "NeMoskva" database Journalism under investigation Now there are 132 people.