Russia's opposition leaders

Apr 2 2023 The BBC

Ukraine war: Where are Russia's opposition leaders now?

This is by no means an exhaustive list of Putin’s opponents, but you get the picture.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky
-imprisoned for 10 years, in exile since 2013

Alexey Pichugin
-former Yukos manager, in prison since 2003, life sentence

Sergei Magnitsky
-lawyer, arrested 2008, died in prison in 2009

Boris Berezovsky
-died in exile in 2013

Boris Nemtsov
-opposition politician, assassinated 2015

Alexei Navalny
-poisoned with Novichok 2020 - in prison since 2021, serving nine years

Ivan Zhdanov
-head of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation - in exile

Lyubov Sobol
-lawyer for Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation - in exile

Leonid Volkov
-Navalny's right-hand man - in exile

Yury Dmitriev
-historian and activist, in prison since 2021, serving 15 years

Lilia Chanysheva
-Navalny associate, arrested in 2021, in pre-trial detention

Ilya Yashin
-opposition politician - in prison since 2022, serving eight-and-a-half years

Marina Ovsyannikova
-anti-war TV-journalist, in exile since 2022

Andrei Pivovarov
-political activist, in prison since 2022, serving four years

Vladimir Kara-Murza
-political activist, poisoned twice, in 2015 and 2017, arrested 2022, could face up to 25 years behind bars

Alexei Moskalev
-a single parent, in prison since 2023, serving two years.
His 13-year old daughter drew a picture of Russia bombing an Ukrainian family; she is in a children’s home.

And the list goes on…
A link to a previous post about political prisoners Forgotten?