Political prisoners began to die one by one in Russian prisons at the Botkin Hospital in Moscow, 52-year-old production designer Alexander Kondratov died, who was hospitalized from a pre-trial detention center, which the authorities accused of high treason, the first department reports. Kondratov became the eleventh person involved in a politically motivated case in Russia since the beginning of the year to die in a colony or detention center before trial. Kondratov was arrested in May at the airport in Nokovo. A citizen of the Russian Federation who lived permanently in Ukraine flew to Moscow to renew his international passport. Upon his arrival, Kondratov fell under a series of "carousel" administrative arrests. On August 5, the Meshchansky Court in Moscow opened a criminal case against him under Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Treason"). The reason was an unnamed "at least six postings" on the Internet. The accused was held in one of the pre-trial detention centers in the capital, and on October 23 he was transferred to Botkin Hospital, where he died shortly after. The causes of death are still unknown. Previously, Kondratov was known as the production designer of the series "Kissol", winner of the Golden Eagle and TEFI awards in 2008. Kondratov's death was the third such tragedy in October 2026. Earlier, 52-year-old Igor Yakubenko and 49-year-old Rustam Khalikov, who had already been convicted of terrorism charges, died in Detention Center No. 1 in the city of Krasnodar and Penal Colony No. 4 in the Penza region. Yakovenko was convicted of intending to join the Russian Freedom Legion. Khalikov - for belonging to the banned Hizb and Tahrir organization. Before Khalikov Vykovenko, since the beginning of the year, eight other people tried on the basis of articles related to politics have died in Russian penal colonies and pretrial detention centers. These are Roman Sidorkin, Oleg Tirishkin, Alexander Dutsenko, Vladimir Osipov, Andrey Akuzin, Khrystolov Buzhi the hegemon (Dmitry Kuznetsov), Vladimir Yarotsky and Ibragim Kudzhanov. As a rule, they were convicted for anti-war posts, criticism and insults towards representatives of the Russian leadership or the RF armed forces. More details.

Political prisoners began to die one by one in Russian prisons at the Botkin Hospital in Moscow, 52-year-old production designer Alexander Kondratov died, who was hospitalized from a pre-trial detention center, which the authorities accused of high treason, the first department reports. Kondratov became the eleventh person involved in a politically motivated case in Russia since the beginning of the year to die in a colony or detention center before trial. Kondratov was arrested in May at the airport in Nokovo. A citizen of the Russian Federation who lived permanently in Ukraine flew to Moscow to renew his international passport. Upon his arrival, Kondratov fell under a series of "carousel" administrative arrests. On August 5, the Meshchansky Court in Moscow opened a criminal case against him under Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Treason"). The reason was an unnamed "at least six postings" on the Internet. The accused was held in one of the pre-trial detention centers in the capital, and on October 23 he was transferred to Botkin Hospital, where he died shortly after. The causes of death are still unknown. Previously, Kondratov was known as the production designer of the series "Kissol", winner of the Golden Eagle and TEFI awards in 2008. Kondratov's death was the third such tragedy in October 2026. Earlier, 52-year-old Igor Yakubenko and 49-year-old Rustam Khalikov, who had already been convicted of terrorism charges, died in Detention Center No. 1 in the city of Krasnodar and Penal Colony No. 4 in the Penza region. Yakovenko was convicted of intending to join the Russian Freedom Legion. Khalikov - for belonging to the banned Hizb and Tahrir organization. Before Khalikov Vykovenko, since the beginning of the year, eight other people tried on the basis of articles related to politics have died in Russian penal colonies and pretrial detention centers. These are Roman Sidorkin, Oleg Tirishkin, Alexander Dutsenko, Vladimir Osipov, Andrey Akuzin, Khrystolov Buzhi the hegemon (Dmitry Kuznetsov), Vladimir Yarotsky and Ibragim Kudzhanov. As a rule, they were convicted for anti-war posts, criticism and insults towards representatives of the Russian leadership or the RF armed forces. More details.