Gulagu.net founder Vladimir Osechkin reported an increase in the number of informers among the security forces 
Gulagu.net project founder Vladimir Osechkin The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, said in an interview with Lenta.ru that the number of informants of the project among the security forces is growing with each new published material about torture in Russian colonies.
“All published videos of torture and rape had a somewhat opposite effect if you can call it that. We started to write those who are in this system (law enforcement agencies – approx. “Lenta.ru” ) works – they were simply ashamed of the honor of the uniform, even though these particular people did not take any part in the work of the conveyor, ”Osechkin said.
Osechkin noted that sending Gulagu.net new materials about torture in the Russian colonies there were active employees of various law enforcement agencies. According to him, these are people who themselves looked through the published materials and realized that what was happening was “a huge shame.” p>
On November 12, it was reported that the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs was looking for Osechkin in connection with a crime under one of the articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, but for which one, it was not specified. The agency's website reports that the human rights activist has been “re-declared” on the wanted list.
Osechkin said in one of the social networks that the persecution was connected with the publication of a video by his project about the torture of prisoners in Russian colonies. He said that, according to his lawyer, the wanted list is related to the theft of some information in Moscow in 2016. “I responsibly declare that I have never stolen anything from anyone, and within the framework of Gulagu.net's activities, I acted within the legal framework, exposing corruption and torture,” said the founder of the human rights project. Osechkin had already been put on the wanted list: he was detained and released on recognizance not to leave, but later left Russia.
On November 10, it was reported that the prosecutor's office had terminated the criminal proceedings against Sergei Savelyev, a programmer and informant of Gulagu.net who released a video archive of the torture of prisoners in the Saratov prison hospital.