At least 5,063 of the 21,541 Russians who have been placed on the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists” are being prosecuted in cases that are politically motivated, according to a report by Andrei Pivovarov, Maksim Kondratev, Alexander Finarel, and Evgenia R., published by the Russian Anti-War Committee. This amounts to at least 23.5% of the list.
The authors cross-referenced the public portion of the list with databases from the human rights organisations Memorial, OVD-Info, and If There Were No War, as well as with court records and Interpol’s public database. They emphasize that 23.5% is a minimum estimate: for 66.8% of those on the list, publicly available information is insufficient to determine the grounds for their prosecution.
The Rosfinmonitoring list is not limited to individuals who have been convicted on charges of terrorism or extremism — it also includes suspects and defendants in such cases whose cases have not yet resulted in a verdict. Following amendments that entered into force in June 2025, grounds for inclusion on the list can also include charges of spreading false information about the army or “discrediting” it, provided that investigators determine the actions were motivated by political, ideological, national, or social hatred.
