The United States Department of Defense acknowledges holding nine Russian detainees in Guantanamo.
[1] However, the actual number of Russian citizens in Guantanamo remains unclear.
Several men known to have been held in Guantanamo are missing from the official list.
A total of 778 detainees have been held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba since the camps opened on January 11, 2002.
As of January 6, 2025[update], 15 detainees remain at Guantanamo Bay.