Subject: Mass Repression and Ill-Treatment of Juvenile Political Prisoners in the Russian Federation Date: May 2026 Situation Overview: Over the course of 2025, the Russian Federation saw an unprecedented tenfold increase in the number of minors added to Rosfinmonitoring's "terrorist and extremist" registry. While 36 teenagers were listed in December 2024, their number reached 373 by early 2026 (including 14- and 15-year-old children). Since 2022, minors have accounted for 10
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