On 10 March, Sweden hosted the exhibition “Putin’s Real Prisoners: Political Prisoners of the Enslaved Nations.”
The event was opened by Aida Abdrakhmanova, the exhibition’s organizer and Vice President of the Anti-Imperial Block of Nations (ABN).
The exhibition highlighted the catastrophic human rights situation in modern Russia, where Putin’s authoritarian regime continues to suppress political opposition and dissent. Since 2022, following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, repression against those who oppose the war has significantly intensified.
The exhibition featured the stories of ten political prisoners from enslaved nations, including Crimean Tatar activists and ethnic Ukrainians —citizens of the Russian Federation who ended up in Russian prisons solely because of their national identity.
The event was attended by high-ranking officials, diplomats, and human rights activists, including ABN Vice President Leontii Shypilov, ABN Executive Director Oleh Vitvitskyi, representatives of the embassies of Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia, as well as members of the Swedish Parliament.
The Anti-Imperial Block of Nations announced a large-scale global tour of the exhibition to draw international attention to political repression in Russia.
