Russian human rights advocate Oleg Orlov looks on during an interview with an AFP journalist at his friends' house in the village of Grzymek, Masovian region, on October 12, 2024. As he was transferred through various jails of Russia's vast prison system for months, Oleg Orlov had a mission: to find out how many political prisoners there were in each facility. The veteran dissident, freed in August in the biggest Russia-West prisoner swap since the Cold War, knew the lists. (Photo by Sergei GAPON / AFP)