Russian Vault
Russia's repression machine mapped through its own publicly accessible data infrastructure — 6,991 political prisoners documented via open API enumeration.
The state catalogued its own crimes. We just read the logs.
About Russian Vault
Russian Vault documents Russia's political repression infrastructure through open source intelligence. Using publicly accessible data sources and passive enumeration techniques, ODINT compiled records of 6,991 individuals persecuted by the Russian state — including 1,430 cases directly tied to opposition to the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
The dataset draws on human rights monitoring data, open government transparency portals, and researcher-published API catalogs. Every record in this collection was obtained through open source methods without any unauthorized access — the Russian state documented its own repressions, and this archive makes that documentation accessible to researchers, journalists, and human rights practitioners worldwide.
Datasets
Available intelligence datasets from Russian Vault
Political Prisoners Database
Comprehensive records of individuals currently imprisoned by the Russian state for political activity — names, birth years, criminal charges, sentences, prison locations, and case details. Each record contains over 70 data fields including health status, torture allegations, and minor child indicators.
Anti-War Cases
Persecution cases arising directly from opposition to Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine — social media posts, public protests, refusal to serve, and acts of civil disobedience. Documents the legislative escalation that criminalized dissent through emergency statutes enacted within days of the invasion.
Persecution Geography
Geographic distribution of political persecution across Russia — 2,857 cities indexed with per-city counts of persecutions, cases, and persons. Includes occupied Ukrainian territories: Crimean cities and Donbas settlements appear in the database, documenting the geographic reach of Russian repression beyond its recognized borders.
Government API Catalog
Open-source catalog of Russian federal government data portals — the E-Budget portal covering federal budget organizations, treasury branches and budget classification codes; the Spending Portal documenting federal subsidies and government contracts; and Russia's e-government certificate authority infrastructure, found geo-blocked from outside Russian territory.
Web Infrastructure Recon
Exposed source code repository configurations discovered on Russian institutional websites through passive open source enumeration — revealing internal git server infrastructure, developer identities, and private repository paths. Targets include the Russian Olympic Committee and a major Russian pharmaceutical company.
Infrastructure Intelligence
Exposed configurations and developer credentials discovered via passive open source enumeration
| Target | Organization | Finding | Exposed Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| olympic.ru | Russian Olympic Committee | Exposed .git/config |
Internal git server: git.2new.ru — repository path webit/olympic.ru.git |
| petrovax.ru | Petrovax Pharmaceutical | Exposed .git/config |
Developer: Egor Kanakin — internal git servers git.ustrong.ru and git.fbweb.ru — web agency: fbweb |
| seattleweekly.com | Russia desk — author E.T. Russian | Gravatar hash cracked | Email [email protected] recovered from public WordPress Gravatar SHA256 hash |
Key Findings — Prosecution Articles
Russia's legal arsenal for political persecution — 535 criminal code articles documented across all cases
Post-2022 Legislative Escalation
Following the February 2022 invasion, Russia enacted emergency legislation that criminalized dissent within days. The dataset documents this escalation directly: new articles targeting "false information about the Armed Forces" (up to 15 years), "discrediting the Armed Forces" (up to 5 years), and expanded "calls against state security" were applied to social media posts, public statements, and acts of refusal. Combined with pre-existing treason, extremism, and military evasion statutes, these articles form a coordinated legal infrastructure against civil society that the data makes visible.
Raw Data Downloads
Access the Russian Vault dataset — all records collected via open source intelligence, May 1, 2026