Russian authorities pursue almost 2.5 thousand people according to the "political" articles of the Criminal Code
According to the calculations of analysts of the human rights media project "OTD-Info", since 2012 to date, the Russian authorities repressed for political reasons of just more than 4 thousand people. Of these, more than half are now under investigation, are serving a sentence or undergo other criminal sanctions. The peak of repression was recorded in 2022, when a full -scale invasion of Russian troops began to Ukraine began.