Russia Behind Bars

Charitable Foundation for Assistance to Convicts and Their Families "Russia Behind Bars”

Founded	21 November 2008
Founder	Olga Romanova
Type	Non-profit
Focus	Human rights
Location	Moscow, Russia
Key people	Sergey Sharov-Delone (Сергей Шаров-Делоне), Alexey Fedyarov, Ruslan Vakhapov
Website	zekovnet.ru

Russia Behind Bars (NGO Charitable Foundation for Assistance to Convicts and Their Families "Rus Sidyashchaya") — is a non-governmental organization whose goal is to provide legal and humanitarian assistance to citizens facing Russian investigations and the penitentiary system. The head office of the organization is located in Moscow. Moreover, office organizations exist in Novosibirsk, St. Petersburg and Yaroslavl.

In parallel with the NGO, there is the Russian Sitting (Russian imprisonment) movement, an unregistered association of citizens who have faced a violation of human rights by the employees of the law enforcement, judicial, supervisory and penitentiary systems of the Russian Federation.^[1]